I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

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 ...

Beautiful photos of the six planets aligned in the night sky have emerged online. Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Venus and Saturn are all currently lined up in a row and will be visible in the night ...

The alignment of six planets – Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune ... just below the three stars that make up Orion’s Belt. The same constellation contains the Horsehead Nebula just below the first star ...

I had to crane my neck all the way back to see Mars the other night. It was straight above me, a glowing orange dot in the ...

The two planets will appear to be just 1.4°, with ... of course, the three stars of Orion’s Belt. However, those three stars aren’t a constellation, but merely an asterism—a simple shape ...

One lucky East Lancashire stargazer caught a glimpse of the rare celestial phenomenon - the planetary alignment.

Any clear winter night this month, look south between 8 and 10 p.m. to spot the large hourglass shape of Orion the Hunter. In ...