January is the best time of the year to see the Great Orion Nebula as it climbs high overhead in the winter sky. Look to the ...

If you look halfway up in the northwest, you'll be able to see the familiar zigzag of five bright stars forming the ...

The James Webb Space Telescope detects methyl cation (CH3+) in a young star system with a protoplanetary disk that is located ...

A disparate collection of young stellar objects bejewels a cosmic panorama in the star-forming region NGC 1333 in this new ...

Orion the Hunter is such a great constellation, and I have to believe many stargazers share the same opinion. Even if you’re ...

While it’s possible to see the nebula with the naked eye, it’s far more difficult to spot than closer deep-space sights like ...

A new moon on Sunday, Jan. 18, means dark skies and some of the best stargazing conditions of the year. Here are the bright stars, constellations and objects to see.

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

Orion the Hunter is such a great constellation and I have to believe many stargazers share the same opinion. Even if you’re ...

Many astronomical sights have received cool nicknames, but it’s hard to compete with the “cosmic fire of creation.” Better known as the Orion Nebula (and officially dubbed Messier 42), the nebula is ...