Lying on the beach in Antigua, I stared up into the night sky, dazzled by the stars. A normal person would just sit back and ...

RCW 38 lies approximately 5,500 light-years away in the constellation Vela. Unlike many star clusters that appear as simple ...

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has released a stunning 80 million-pixel image of the star cluster RCW 38, as captured by ESO's Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA), ...

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In February, the constellation Orion, “the hunter,” dominates the night sky. First, find the three prominent stars that form Orion’s Belt: Alnitak, Alnilam, and Mintaka. Then, look to its ...

Jupier and Mars are all now visible to the naked eye in the post-sunset night sky. Look south anytime after dark, and you'll see the red planet Mars just a couple of degrees from bright star ...

Welcome to this month’s edition of “What’s up in the sky?” February has a nice lineup of planets and some eye-catching ...

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These planetary hangouts happen when several planets appear to line up in the night ... southern sky and Mars in the southeast or east. The planets will shine brighter than the stars, and Mars ...

8 of the top 20 brightest stars in the whole sky are visible every night. It’s this area of the sky kind of ... goes into the shadow of the Earth and turns that eerie blood-red color. This is going to ...

The night sky tonight and on any clear night offers an ever-changing display of fascinating objects you can see, from stars and constellations to bright planets, the moon, and sometimes special ...