Orion the Hunter and Taurus the Bull face off in the southern sky in early February as soon as it gets dark. Taurus is home to two of the brightest star clusters, the Pleiades and Hyades. Both are ...

In the old days, people used paper star maps. Now ... Orion over the horizon like a winter sentinel. In April or March, in its place is another beautiful constellation, Leo. Come August, the Milky Way ...

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The nebulosity of hydrogen gas is revealed with the use of a “Hydrogen-Alpha” filter in an astro image of the Cygnus ...

As someone who lives near the city, light pollution limits what I see when I look up at night. However, that doesn't mean I ...

Just east of Betelgeuse is the fine binocular cluster NGC 2244. But the much fainter Rosette Nebula that lies around the ...

For one, the facility sits beneath a particularly unique patch of sky. Quattrocchi found it while researching a move to the Central Valley for work. “I looked at a map. I saw (Highway ...

Look about an hour before sunrise on Feb. 1 and find Venus, bright but very low, in the southeast, with much dimmer Mercury to its lower left. Far to Venus’s upper right shines Saturn, and ...

Galileo precedes today’s physicists by many generations, but his work underscores the interplay of intellect and observation ...

Christmas is a great time to look for a telescope for your budding amateur astronomer. But there are some things to keep in mind when buying a telescope. Here are some tips and features to consider ...

Pack your bags, grab your sense of adventure (and maybe a map, just in case), and head out to Millsite State Park. Discover this hidden gem for yourself. Immerse yourself in the beauty of Utah’s great ...