Don't miss the moon, Jupiter and the stars of the constellation Orion rise along the southern horizon on Oct. 12.

This column is my third and final installment about the constellation Orion the Hunter's celestial treasures, the best the evening skies have to offer, at least in this stargazer's opinion. This week, ...

W hat’s your first star memory? You probably observed the three luminaries of Orion’s Belt before anything else. Most kids notice it even before the Big Dipper or, in places Down Under, the Southern ...

When you look up at the night sky during winter, you might have noticed three stars, equidistant from one another in a row that shine brightly! These stars are the Orion’s Belt, which prominently ...

If you’ve been kind enough to have read my column for some time, you know how much I love the constellation Orion the Hunter. It’s the absolute king of the winter skies and one of my best non-human ...

Bright beads of cosmic dust highlight a shimmering nebula in a new photo of a region just north of the famous Orion's Belt in the constellation Orion. The Messier 78 nebula, which is also known as NGC ...

On Earth, we can look out in the sky and see clouds in our atmosphere. They are mostly made of water molecules in a gaseous state, and can be as large as a continent. They orbit the earth as we are ...

On these chilly March evenings, there’s nothing quite as nice as a good belt, something to keep you all warm and toasty. I’m talking hot chocolate, tea or whatever. Unless we bump into each other at a ...

Orion, the hunter, makes quite a fashion statement. His belt — three bright stars in alignment — adorns one of the most recognizable constellations in the winter sky. As soon as it’s dark enough, look ...

If Orion changed to wearing suspenders, the constellation would never be the same again. Step out the next clear night, in late December/early January in early evening, face southeast and look about ...