The Adirondack Sky Center & Observatory is thrilled to be your guide to the skies. In this column, I’ll be clarifying some of ...

Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, October 17The Summer Triangle is now sinking in the west late ...

This quiz will take you on a journey through the legends, locations, and logic behind the constellations we know and love.

Pisces, the "fishes," is the 14th largest constellation but its stars are relatively faint. [See our reference page about the constellation of Pisces.] Sagittarius, the "archer," represents the ...

Look for the three stars that make up the distinctive formation of Orion's Belt — Alnitak, Alnilam and Mintaka — shining ...

This week on Star Watch you will be able to see multiple planets in the night sky and the big and little dipper constellations. Friday, June 28, at 11 PM you will be able to see 2 planets in the sky.

"Constellations are patterns we make out of stars in an area of the sky," said John Sabia. He's an assistant observer at Keystone College's Thomas G. Cupillari Observatory. Newswatch 16's John Hickey ...

First Quarter Moon occurs at 9:23 A.M. EDT and will be visible all evening, setting shortly after midnight tomorrow morning. The Moon tonight is in the southern constellation Capricornus, so for the ...

When the International Astronomical Union set the astronomical boundaries for the 88 formally recognized constellations in 1927, the result was a wide variety of constellation sizes and shapes. The ...

Constellations are funny things, and beginner stargazers have so many misconceptions about them. Some novices believe that constellations are fanciful pictures in the sky and may wonder why they can ...

Three enormous and peculiar radio light rings were discovered far, far outside our own galaxy, shedding more light on one of ...