Here then, are the Almost-Famous Five. Shining with an impressive magnitude of 0.4, Procyon is the brightest star in the ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also applies to Northern Hemisphere mid-northern ...

If you’re new to constellation identification, the best way to locate Taurus is to wait until the easily recognized ...

Definitely not—it might be famous, but it’s actually only the 48th brightest star in the sky. They are, of course, not stars at all, but planets—and two of the most famous planets of all.

Mizar is a famous naked-eye double star, perhaps one of the most famous in the sky. With its twin, Alcor (80 UMa), it is often considered a test of good eyesight. In fact, Mizar itself is a ...

Friends and fellow artists pay tribute to the renowned soprano and author of The State of Dark, a Holocaust memoir ...