THE Taurid meteor shower is set to peak tonight, casting “slow and bright” shooting stars across the sky. These fireballs, ...

Head out on a clear, dark summer's night, and find Orion high to the north. The three stars of Orion's belt are a fantastic ...

Its most famous signpost are the three stars of Orions Belt — Alnitak, Alnilam and Mintaka. During October and November, Orion will be in the southeastern sky around midnight, precisely when the ...

Containing some of the very brightest stars in the night sky, Orion’s unmistakable Belt is just one of the key sights. Here’s a tour of the iconic constellation so you can star-spot while you ...

The new week will begin with one of the final celestial alignments of 2024 as the moon shines directly between Jupiter and Mars in the eastern sky-an event that is easy to see for stargazers of all ...

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 belt ...

Thankfully this summer wasn’t unusually hot here in the Southern California deserts, but I’m still glad for cooling temperatures. One can only take so ...

Despite their far-off origin, the Orionids appear to come from a patch of sky close to Betelgeuse, a red giant star in the constellation Orion. The constellation is best known for Orion's Belt ...

The Helix Nebula is an example of a planetary nebula. Though it looks like a bubble or eye from Earth's point of view, the Helix is actually a trillion-mile-long tunnel of glowing gases. In its center ...