Betelgeuse is one of the most well-known stars in the night sky. Located about 640 light years from Earth in the constellation Orion, it's a red supergiant nearing the end of its life, destined to ...

An incredible view of a stellar nursery was captured by Euclid when its infrared camera peered through the LDN 1641 dark ...

The Pleiades, or "Seven Sisters," is a bright, bluish star cluster located near the constellation Taurus, visible to the ...

Coloradans willing to bundle up beneath the stars this month will have the chance to enjoy four meteor showers. While the ...

This deep view of the Orion Constellation glows in reddish hues thanks to a filtered view of hydrogen alpha emission, a type of light emitted by hydrogen atoms. The large, intricate semi-circle around ...

Last week in Starwatch I tried to cover all of the astronomical treasures of the constellation Orion proudly shining in the southeastern sky. It's loaded with many celestial jewels, such as the red ...

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! Or is it a drone? It might actually be Orion’s Belt. On Friday, former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan took to his X account, writing that he “personally witnessed (and videoed) ...

This shimmering view of interstellar gas and dust was captured by the European Space Agency's Euclid space telescope. The ...

Last month marks my 20th year writing the Night Sky column for Space.com. It is difficult for me to believe that in this forum I have penned over a thousand columns on a variety of different subjects ...

Orion the Hunter is the king of the constellations, as far as I’m concerned. I’m far from the only one with that opinion. In the minds and imaginations of many, many stargazers all over the world, ...