As winter deepens across the Northern Hemisphere, the constellation Orion takes center stage in the night sky. On the evening ...

Sky Shorts author says Orion a favorite constellation, and shares key details to find and appreciate its beauty.

This deep view of the Orion Constellation glows in reddish hues thanks to a filtered view of hydrogen alpha emission, a type of light emitted by hydrogen atoms. The large, intricate semi-circle around ...

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 ...

The Ojibwe constellation Biboonkeonini, or the Winter Maker, overlaps with the Greek constellation Orion the Hunter. The ...

On these long, dark winter nights you might consider looking up for a dose of awe in one of the sky’s most recognizable constellations, which is currently very easy to find. The constellation Orion is ...

The "This Week in Astronomy" video series, sponsored by Celestron and presented by Dave Eicher, provides weekly updates on astronomical events, research findings, and celestial objects. The featured ...

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! Or is it a drone? It might actually be Orion’s Belt. On Friday, former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan took to his X account, writing that he “personally witnessed (and videoed) ...

The Short Wave team talks about spider origins, why the odds of having a girl or a boy aren't 50-50, and what the Orion constellation reveals about the life cycles of stars. Time now for our science ...

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Few things are as captivating as a dark, star-filled sky. But the stars we see and enjoy don’t just “exist”; they all came into being long ago inside of ...