THERE are some constellations you only need to learn once, then you can spot them for the rest of your life. Others are more difficult to find, and you might need some help to work out what they are.

Few star patterns have a shape so easy to remember: a neat "M" or "W" depending upon on its position and which way you're facing. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Sunsets continue to get earlier and earlier, which means there is more time to get out and enjoy some evening stargazing. For the rest of autumn, you’ll be able to use the ...

September evening skies are a mixture of summer constellations dominating the western sky with the dimmer and less obvious autumn constellations in the eastern sky. High overhead are Cygnus and Lyra, ...

The Big Dipper and Cassiopeia are easy to find in the sky during late summer and early autumn. Credit: Creators.com illustration Two easy-to-find star groupings appear during late summer and early ...

One thing I’ve learned over many decades of stargazing is this: Stare at the stars long enough and you’ll begin to find among them all kinds of recognizable patterns. Lions and tigers and bears ...

In the early evening before the moon rises, look north to see a regal pair of constellations — Cassiopeia and Cepheus. Cassiopeia represents in Greek mythology a proud queen who boasted of her beauty, ...

In the early morning of September 4, there was a brief meteor shower outburst visible over California and Arizona with a radiant in the constellation Cassiopeia. It was recorded by low-light video ...

One thing's for sure. Cepheus (SEE-fee-us) has cold feet. Just look at how the original creators of the constellation pointed his toes toward Polaris and the north celestial pole. That's not all the ...