I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

You’ll find several bright planets, stars and obvious constellations in the February evening sky. The most obvious ...

Easily visible to the naked eye, with a magnitude of 4. , where new stars are being born from the gas and dust. The intense ...

With February’s winter nights regularly dropping below freezing, it’s tempting to take the easy way out and just stay inside.

Any clear winter night this month, look south between 8 and 10 p.m. to spot the large hourglass shape of Orion the Hunter. In ...

The new moon of January will be at 7:36 a.m. Eastern Time on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Naval Observatory, and two days ...

People in the northern hemisphere will be able to see Saturn, Mercury, Neptune, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter and Mars during the planetary parade. The next full moon will happen on Feb. 12. Known as the ...

In February, the iconic winter stars and constellations reach their prime positions for viewing. On the 1st, all will be ...

Orion dominates the February night sky, with the hunter’s iconic belt stars, Alnitak ... Rigel at the corners of this dazzling winter constellation. The moon will move through the Pleiades ...

The most obvious constellation this month is Orion. To find Orion, face south and look for Orion’s Belt. It’s made of three moderately bright stars close together in a row and found high in ...

the brightest star visible from Earth and part of the constellation Canis Major, Orion's bigger dog. Using the belt stars as a pointer in the opposite direction leads to Taurus the Bull ...