The traditional constellations of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere have returned to the evening sky and bring with them a rich body of lore and mythology though their stars are rather faint. Several ...

Any clear night this month is the perfect time to pull out those binoculars or your telescope to observe the Orion Nebula. The nebula is, to the naked eye, the middle star in the “Sword” of Orion.

It's easy to get lost in a clear night sky full of stars. It can feel like a random mess of lights without a little guidance. Once you're able to identify a few constellations though, the sky starts ...

Stay up late. Step outside. Take in the summer sky. "Once you do, it's just spectacular," said Aileen O'Donoghue, astronomer with St. Lawrence University and the Adirondack Sky Center and Observatory.

Find Jupiter near the Waning Gibbous Moon on the nights of December 6-7 and 7-8. Both nights, the pair will rise in the ...

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Of all the constellations we see through the year, Virgo the Virgin is the second-largest. The only problem is that it’s also one of the faintest. With a lot of visual digging, Virgo can be found in ...