This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image peers into the dusty recesses of the nearest massive star-forming region to Earth, ...

During or after the holiday season, people often ask me why I don’t tell stories from the Judeo-Christian tradition. Frankly, ...

Winter skies can be the clearest of the year and the richest in stars. Here are some of the constellations and planets to ...

These stars are the Orion’s Belt, which prominently appears in the night sky between October and March, and is part of the constellation ‘Orion the Hunter’. Orion consists of three belt ...

it’s wise to gaze vaguely in the direction of this meteor shower’s source constellation, Orion. Its most famous signpost are the three stars of Orions Belt — Alnitak, Alnilam and Mintaka.

"It's not completely unusual for asteroids to be near the Earth," Gallagher said. "Our moon is about a quarter-million miles away from the Earth. So something 7.6 million miles out would be many, many ...

If you've been a faithful reader of my Starwatch column, thank you! You also know how much I love the winter constellations ...

4. Orion’s Sword marks about halfway between Orion’s Belt and his knees. His left knee is the brightest star in the constellation called Rigel, and it is a blue supergiant. 5. Follow up from ...

As we roll into January, like you I am also shaking the almost empty can of de-icer like Bez from the Happy Mondays in the morning as I try to ...

Any clear winter night this month, look due south between 8:00 and 10:00 pm to spot the large “hour-glass” shape of Orion the ...

Along with these seven bright suns, other constellations around Orion also display brilliant stars. In all, a dozen bright ...

Slightly lower and to the left of the belt will be Sirius ... will visible by gazing back toward Orion, with the star appearing reddish at the constellation’s shoulder. Meanwhile, a meteor ...