The three blue supergiants forming Orion’s Belt are prominent winter sky markers, visible worldwide and aligned along the Milky Way, according to Space.com.

There’s really no reason you can’t use binoculars to look into space – and in fact astronomers have been working on doing so ...

The next ORION program will take place at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 21, at 7 pm, at the City Room, (Room A-111), McNally-Coffey building, Roane State Community College, Oak Ridge campus. The title of the ...

Southern Arizona’s dry air, dark skies, and plentiful mountain peaks are prime conditions for the many world-class telescopes that dot the region. These conditions, unfortunately, come with ...

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A moonless night is about to turn into a meteor showcase, with the Orionids set to deliver one of fall’s best sky shows. Ideal viewing arrives from late Tuesday, Oct. 21, through the predawn hours of ...

A moonless sky will set the stage for one of fall’s best celestial shows as the Orionid meteor shower reaches its peak this week. The Orionids are expected to top out with ideal viewing from late ...

Pointing at stars may seem easy on the surface—just mount a telescope to a tripod and you’re done, right? As anyone who’s spent time with a telescope can tell you, it’s not that simple, given that the ...

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If you already own a telescope and want more from your amateur astronomy hobby, have you considered astrophotography? With the advent of new camera technology, it is now possible for the average ...