From Aldebaran to Vega, these gleaming beacons dazzle Northern Hemisphere viewers at various times of the year and provide a ...

These figures help us navigate our way across the night sky and locate celestial objects. Star patterns such as the hunter Orion and the winged horse Pegasus are commonly called constellations.

October will be the setting of an astronomical double feature. Two meteor showers, the Orionids and the Draconids, are expected to flash across night skies around the same time this month. The ...

A bright and obvious constellation that is at its best this month is Orion. In fact, its very presence in the southern night sky is a sure ... blue Bellatrix mark the hunter’s upper body while ...

Learn how to find your way around the night sky. We’ll show you how ... The summer sky is dominated by Orion the Hunter and the zodiac constellations Taurus, Gemini and Cancer in the north.

After a week of cloudy mornings, I finally got a break in the clouds and took this image of Comet C/2023 A3 ...

As Orionid meteors zip across the night sky at 148,000 mph they sometimes ... you can star-spot while you wait for meteors: Orion the hunter constellation on a starry space background with the ...

Comet Tsuchinshan was first spotted in China in January 2023, and appears to have two tails: one white and the other blue.

Orion’s upper foot is Rigel, the seventh brightest star. Orion’s lower shoulder star is the red giant Betelgeuse, the 12th ...

Prepare to be awestruck by October’s action-packed night sky. This October, the astronomy world will be abuzz with night-sky ...

Quiz - Can you guess the constellation? Top tips for stargazing How to spot famous constellations and asterisms The Plough Ursa Major Ursa Minor Cygnus - a summer constellation Orion - a winter ...