A stellar nursery hidden in Scorpius, the Dark Tower is a glowing, wind-sculpted cloud of gas shaped by young stars’ ...

T he intricate and captivating world of scorpion tattoos has long enthralled individuals seeking to express their personal ...

July might be called the month of the scorpion, for this is when the slithery form of Scorpius is highest in the evening sky. Marked by its heart – the gigantic red star Antares – ...

I n this episode, Dave Eicher invites you to observe a close meeting of the Moon and the brightest star in the constellation ...

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 ...

NGC 6302, a swirling cloud of dust and stars, has unfolded into a majestic butterfly-shaped nebula. According to NASA, the star at the center of this nebula is one of the hottest in the Milky Way, ...

This great ball of ancient stars is one of the closest of such stellar systems to the Earth and appears in the constellation of Scorpius (The Scorpion) close to the bright red star Antares.

The image shows the region spanning the sky from the constellation of Sagittarius (the Archer) to Scorpius (the Scorpion). The very colorful Rho Ophiuchi and Antares region features prominently to ...

the “Heart of the Scorpion” in the constellation of Scorpius. A red supergiant star 12 times the mass of the sun, Antares is one of the biggest stars we know of. Distinctly orangey-red to the ...