A fire is burning at the heart of one of the most beloved constellations. The European Southern Observatory (ESO) released the image Tuesday, offering a unique glimpse at this busy constellation. The ...

The constellation Orion is perhaps the best known pattern in the night sky, rivaling the Big Dipper in fame, and the month of December is a great time for observers to reacquaint themselves with this ...

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Greetings! I hope you can go outside around 5:45 this morning and watch the sunrise because the thin crescent moon will be visiting Mercury in the claws of the Scorpion. And then turn completely ...

We’ll start out the week with a last quarter moon. It arrives Sunday morning at 6:02 a.m. If you’re up early look for it. If not look for the near-half moon Sunday night. Speaking of the moon, you can ...

The first weekend of the new year will kick off with a full moon, although it will not glow quite as bright as other full moons throughout 2023. Stargazers can step outside on Friday evening to see ...