These popular astronomy questions, answered by Astronomy magazine, will help you better understand our universe - and share ...

The Canpous star resides in the constellation Carina and can be seen with naked eyes during dark skies. It is best seen in Southern Hemisphere. In the constellation Boötes, easily identifiable in ...

Towards the end of the month, Mercury appears in the evening sky, and climbs up past Saturn. In the dusk glow, you may be ...

Watch a bright Moon dominate the sky, trace the Winter Hexagon, and continue enjoying the evening parade of planets in the ...

September opens with Venus hosting winter constellations in the eastern predawn sky. West of the planet, the bright star Procyon, in Canis Minor, the little dog, rises at almost the same time as ...

The brightest planets in the night sky will shine as the 'planet parade' continues throughout February, plus be on the ...

Illustration: Ankita Badade Shyama (meaning ‘dark’) and Sabala (meaning ‘spotted’) can be described as dusk and dawn. Only ...

A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2006. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball celebrates Black History Month with stories of Black baseball pioneers. Two years ...

You’ll find several bright planets, stars and obvious constellations in the February evening sky. The most obvious constellation this month is Orion. To find Orion, face south and look for Orion’s ...

It’s the brightest star visible in the Northern Hemisphere. It’s in Canis Major. First Quarter Moon: Feb. 5 ...

If one looks to the left (northward) of Sirius, towards the East, one can see a whitish star, Procyon, the brightest star in Canis Minor, the Little Dog. Above Procyon and to the left of Orion one ...