Greetings, stargazers. A prominent winter constellation is Taurus, the bull. It is particularly easy to find this month, because Jupiter is right in the middle of it. At magnitude -2.68, Jupiter will ...

Among the brighter constellations of Auriga, Gemini, Canis Minor and Major as well as Taurus are two brilliant planets. First ...

The first quarter moon on January 6. The waxing gibbous moon passes just north of Jupiter in the northeast. The big action is ...

Summer nights mean late sunsets and lingering twilight, but January exceeds expectations with fine views of Venus, Jupiter, ...

Stargazers can celebrate the new year by looking up at one of the briefest meteor showers of the year. On the first five days ...

Orion’s Belt, a line of three bright stars, serves as a guide to locate other celestial features, such as the Hyades star cluster in Taurus. ・The Southern Cross (Crux), a prominent asterism ...

Today: Red is a popular Christmas color. It is also a popular star color. And R Leporis, also known as Hind’s Crimson Star, is one of the reddest stars in the sky. It is a star near the end of ...

Although the star cluster is older than you, the stars are considered young. They are between 1 million and 5 million years old. On Instagram, NASA posted photos of the beautiful and festive ...

Celestial bodies are celebrating. Just in time for Christmas, NASA spotted a star cluster mimicking a “cosmic wreath," and another constellation strongly resembling a green Christmas fir.

NGC 2264, the “Christmas Tree Cluster.” Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: Clow, M.; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare and K. Arcand, edited NGC 602 is a star cluster that lies on the ...