The constellation of Orion represents the hunter for most of the year, but in mid-March, this prominent collection of stars becomes hunted by skywatchers. The stars of Orion, named after the pinnacle ...

W hat’s your first star memory? You probably observed the three luminaries of Orion’s Belt before anything else. Most kids notice it even before the Big Dipper or, in places Down Under, the Southern ...

BRITS are clueless about our solar system – with four in 10 unable to identify the biggest planet and a quarter uncertain ...

The constellation Orion is perhaps the best known pattern in the night sky, rivaling the Big Dipper in fame, and the month of December is a great time for observers to reacquaint themselves with this ...

A stunning photograph of stars including the Orion constellation both in the sky and reflected in a completely still pond has been revealed. The beautiful photograph shows the night sky as seen in ...

Orion is the gift that keeps on giving. When you look toward that constellation in the sky, you're facing a region of massive ongoing star formation. A sprawling cloud of gas and dust occupies Orion's ...

Space once again has proved itself to be awe-striking in Tuesday's NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day. The image, taken by Raul Villaverde Fraile, is of the swirling dust that surrounds the massive ...

Orion the Hunter is visible in both the Northern and Southern Hemisphere, making it a useful tool for navigation. The constellation is well known for its distinctive shape of the mythical Orion ...

If Orion changed to wearing suspenders, the constellation would never be the same again. Step out the next clear night, in late December/early January in early evening, face southeast and look about ...