You can tell spring has officially begun in the Northern Hemisphere just by looking at the stars. Here's how to easily spot ...

You can tell spring has officially begun in the Northern Hemisphere just by looking at the stars. Here's how to easily spot the Spring Triangle without a telescope.

On winter evenings, Orion is one of the easiest star patterns to find in the sky. Its identifying feature is a row of three stars which make up the belt of the legendary hunter, Orion. Above the ...

You know, after decades of pointing optics toward the sky, I consider myself a knowledgeable observer. But while researching ...

The solar system moved through a star-forming area near Orion. This event might have increased interstellar dust around Earth ...

Astronomers say that of the thousands of stars visible to us in the northern hemisphere, Sirius is the brightest of them all.

To the left is the back foot marked by the star, Saiph. Orion's belt is made by three stars in a row, Alnitak, Alnilam, and Mintaka. A series of three fainter stars form Orion's dagger ...

The three black circles are the stars of Orion's belt. The Horsehead Nebula is circled just below the first of these stars. (Image courtesy of the Wolbach Library, Harvard University) Image ...