Constellations are groups of stars that form patterns in the night sky. People have been connecting the dots for thousands of years. We’ve turned random star clusters into recognizable shapes ...

Today, astronomers recognize 88 official constellations. These are not actually recognizable patterns of stars, but instead set areas of sky.

Some, called circumpolar constellations, are so close to a celestial pole that they never dip below the horizon and instead just circle that fixed point on the sky every night. They’re always ...

Cultures separated by hemispheres, with no known contact, see remarkably similar constellation patterns in the night sky. Here's why.

Venus: Venus dazzles in the eastern sky before sunrise, shining brightly for a couple of hours each morning. It’s joined by ...

It’s one of the few constellations that doesn’t make you stretch your imagination too far out of shape. It really does resemble a mighty hunter or at least a bulked-up man.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has shared its skywatching highlights - revealing what will light up the sky in July ...

Orion, one of the most recognisable shapes in our night sky, is a winter constellation in the Northern Hemisphere. Image caption, Orion, with his distinctive three-star belt, in the night sky ...

April brings other celestial delights, too: winter’s constellations give way to those of spring, Saturn starts to creep into the morning sky and the comet Pons-Brooks will faintly glow in the ...