The Winter Triangle is one of the most recognizable patterns in the night sky. It isn’t a constellation, but it’s an asterism, or prominent group of stars that form a noticeable pattern. The Winter ...

Although it’s visible all year round from mid- and high-northern latitudes, now is a great time of the year for newcomers to stargazing to look for and find the famous star pattern known as the Big ...

As a space scientist, every time I go outside with my family, I tell my children to look up at the sky. The front door of our home looks southeast, and on winter nights the constellation Orion hangs ...

The constellations overhead in May are dominated by Leo the Lion and Ursa Major the Great Bear. Leo stands out as a large backward question mark pattern of stars known as the Sickle. The bright star ...

Made up of three of summer’s brightest stars, the Summer Triangle is an easy starting point for exploring—and photographing—the Milky Way and beyond. The Milky Way arcs above the walls of a gorge, ...