The Orion Nebula, also known as Messier 42 or NGC 1976, is located approximately 1,500 light-years from Earth. The photo is a combination of images Chuck Manges took with a QHY9M CCD camera and two ...

THIS week, we are going to be star-hopping. We will identify the most recognisable constellation visible around now – Orion – and use it to find Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky. You don’t ...

As spring takes hold, Orion, king of the winter constellations, slumps off toward the west after dusk. He does it every year like clockwork. But he’s not gone yet. Unlike the weather or the changing ...

Last week was the peak of the annual Taurid* and Leonid meteor showers, when the Earth plows through the debris sloughed off by the comet Tempel-Tuttle, treating the denizens of our planet to a ...

Make a date to step out -- into the deep blue glow just before nightfall, about 8:40 p.m. these days. Head for a clear view of the western horizon. The planet Venus is the brilliant beacon in the sky.

March evenings are filled with wonderful stars. The brightest star is Sirius, which shines like a beacon in the south as soon as it is dark. While this portion of the late-winter sky is always filled ...

The famed Orion Nebula is the star attraction of this gorgeous night sky photo sent in to SPACE.com recently by an amateur astronomer. Astrophotographer Chuck Manges of Hooversville, Pa., captured ...