Al Jabbar is one of the Arabic names for Orion, the “Hunter", one of winter's most conspicuous constellations.

The new moon of January will be at 7:36 a.m. Eastern Time on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Naval Observatory, and two days ...

With February’s winter nights regularly dropping below freezing, it’s tempting to take the easy way out and just stay inside. That would be a mistake.

You’ll find several bright planets, stars and obvious constellations in the February evening sky. The most obvious constellation this month is Orion. To find Orion, face south and look for Orion’s ...

A shortcut for New Yorkers to spot some of the planets is to look for them when they are near the moon. On Feb. 1, Venus will ...

Using the same data they have also made the first map of the velocities of material the atmosphere of a star other than the Sun. Red supergiant stars such as Betelgeuse and Antares are the ...

With frigid temperatures and dangerously cold wind chills, you may want to wait a few more days to check them out. Don't ...

Planets continue their nighttime shows, with eight visible at points during February, including Venus on Feb. 14.

To catch February’s full moon at its roundest, get outside by sunrise on Feb. 12, because the moon sets in the west shortly ...

Many are red supergiants, like the star Betelgeuse in Earth's galaxy ... only the handful of individual stars observed previously," Sun said.

Don't confuse it with Betelgeuse, the brightest star in the ... a time when Earth is precisely positioned between it and the sun. It sees the planet at its closest to Earth, so at its brightest ...

Many are red supergiants, like the star Betelgeuse in Earth's galaxy ... only the handful of individual stars observed previously," Sun said.