As summer deepens in the Northern Hemisphere, a familiar constellation rises with the galactic core of the Milky Way each ...

Stars were extremely significant to the inhabitants of Middle-earth in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings novel, ...

"These are two of the brightest stars in the constellation of Orion." The topic of mysterious drones has hit a fever pitch — and even president-elect Donald Trump doesn't appear to be clued into ...

A planetary alignment of the moon, Mars and Jupiter will form a straight line near the constellation Orion on the night of Nov. 18. Be sure to check the weather in your area before you stargaze.

The annual Orionids meteor shower is set to peak on Monday night, bringing up to 20 shooting stars each hour to the night sky. The celestial spectacle, which takes place as debris from Halley’s ...

The term “constellation” evokes several denotations. The most familiar is “a grouping of naked-eye stars sometimes connected by imaginary lines or superimposed by illustrations to suggest ...

The IAU did not set standards for the star patterns of the constellations, however. Even in the 21st century, star-map makers have artistic license to connect the dots as they see fit.

There are other groupings of stars besides constellations, too. Asterisms, for example, are like subconstellations; stars within them form a pattern that isn’t a full-fledged constellation.

Euclid’s new image of star-forming region Messier 78, a nebula that lies in the constellation Orion. ESA / Euclid / Euclid Consortium / NASA; Image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre (CEA Paris ...

You need to create constellations in different orders to make a map of the night sky. The task is not for a weak spirit, but quite feasible, besides Anna will provide you all possible assistance.

Hubble image of the Orion Nebula, and a zoom in on the protoplanetary disc d203-506 taken with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). (Image credit: NASA/STScI/Rice Univ./C.O'Dell et al / O ...