I have an absolute passion for the winter constellations, which are now putting on their wonderful winter show in the ...

New ground- and space-based infrared observations are giving astronomers a better handle on the true populations of red ...

Nobel Prizes honored research in biology and AI, including foundational work on artificial neural networks, which enable machine learning and other ...

With frigid temperatures and dangerously cold wind chills, you may want to wait a few more days to check them out. Don't ...

Winter skies can be the clearest of the year and the richest in stars. Here are some of the constellations and planets to ...

and Rigel (864 light-years). Although they can appear from anywhere the radiant point for the Orionid meteors is close to Betelgeuse. That fuzzy patch close to Orion’s Belt is M42, a stellar ...

Betelgeuse is recognizable as it is visibly ... To the right and below the Belt is a bright blue-white star; that's Rigel, the foot of Orion. If local city lights are not too bright one can ...

Average stars like our sun die ignominiously. They swell to enormous size, cool from yellow to red hot, and shed most of ...

In February, the iconic winter stars and constellations reach their prime positions for viewing. On the 1st, all will be ...

Despite Orion ’s apparent stardom and popularity, scientists may have gotten something terribly wrong about the character of one of its brightest constituents, it turns out. Betelgeuse ...