The three largest constellations are gracing the evening skies. However, anyone seriously interested in the sky should supplement their sky charts with a good star atlas.

The latest research results indicate that these famous star clusters represent the different phases of life of one and the ...

There are so many great stories in the over 60 constellations available to us in our night sky. There are heroes, hunters, ...

But 70 years ago, Hans Augusto Rey (1898-1977) devised a different methodology of identifying the constellations using his own stick-figure star patterns and introducing them in "The Stars: A New ...

Betelgeuse, the bright red star in Orion’s shoulder is about 640 light years from earth. In contrast, Bellatrix, the other shoulder star, is only 200 light years from earth, three times closer.

Three-star system in deep space may be home to ... published in Science, notes the GW Orionis star system, which is located at the edge of the Orion constellation 1,300 light-years from ...

February evenings offer some of the best conditions for viewing the famous winter constellations. This year they approach Mars from the east, ending the month with the Pleiades star cluster ...

This week on Star Watch, you’ll be able to see some signature constellations as well as a few planets in the night sky. Let’s start off with Feb. 25: Just after the sun sets and the stars come ...

Residing 1,300 light-years away in the famous constellation Orion the Hunter is the triple-star system GW Orionis. Of its three stars, two closely orbit each other, while a third orbits the pair.