objects or events you can see in the sky.

A shortcut for New Yorkers to spot some of the planets is to look for them when they are near the moon. On Feb. 1, Venus will ...

With February’s winter nights regularly dropping below freezing, it’s tempting to take the easy way out and just stay inside. That would be a mistake.

The three stars that form Orion’s Belt are, from east to west, magnitude 1.7 Alnitak, magnitude 1.7 Alnilam, and magnitude 2.3 Mintaka. That first star, Alnitak, is a hot, blue-white O-type star ...

With the Moon now out of the way, this is a great time to look at the spectacular Sword of Orion region which contains the wonderful Orion Nebula notes the ...