This deep view of the Orion Constellation glows in reddish hues thanks to a filtered view of hydrogen alpha emission, a type ...

Move south from Orion's Belt to find the constellation's nebula (labeled "2" in the diagram above), a true gem of the sky containing vast clouds of dust and gas where stars are actively forming.

The Orion Nebula, housed within the Orion constellation, is a hubbub of stars being birthed, living, and dying. Now, NASA has combined images from three different telescopes, and they tell quite ...

The constellation of Orion the Hunter becomes 'Orion the hunted' during mid-March as its bright stars light up the southern night sky and make a tantalizing target for skywatchers.

The constellation Orion was named after the hunter by the same name in Greek mythology and includes more than a dozen distant stars. But two are particularly bright: ...

The constellation Orion is an arrangement of stars that ancient Greeks thought looked like a giant figure with a sword belt, so they named it after their legendary mythological hunter, according ...

Even though humans have been looking at the night sky for millenia, not everyone sees the same sky. Not even the constellations are same for everyone.

Last week in Starwatch, I attempted to cover all of the astronomical treasures of the constellation Orion proudly shining in the Pottsville southern evening sky.It’s loaded with many celestial ...

BEAUTIFUL MAY HEAVENS; Splendid Constellations of Orion and Greater Dog Will Disappear. WITH THEM GOES RED ALDEBARAN Vega, of the Constellation of Lyre, May Now Be Seen in the Northern Skies ...

The star is Betelgeuse, a red supergiant in the constellation Orion. The asteroid is 319 Leona, a slowly rotating, oblong space rock in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

Stargazers can step outside on Friday evening to see the moon rise in the eastern sky to the left of the constellation Orion, but while the event will look similar to a typical full moon, ...

On a winter evening, the sky is home to what most astronomers agree is the grandest of all constellations — Orion the Hunter.A rectangle of bright stars, which includes, at opposite corners, 1st ...