Polaris, which lies roughly 430 light-years from Earth, marks the end of the Little Dipper’s handle. Alternatively, it’s the ...

Arcturus (at a magnitude of -0.05), one of the few stars mentioned by name in the Bible, is a giant, about 25 times the diameter of our sun and 36.7 light years away. Boötes is chasing the Bears with ...

the constellation Leo becomes a prominent spring landmark. Its signature shape, the “Sickle,” resembles a backward question mark and marks the lion’s head and mane. The brightest star in ...

It's certainly not the brightest star in the sky ... Leo is directly beneath the Big Dipper, beyond the smaller Leo Minor constellation, and is host to Regulus (labeled "1" below), its primary ...

Greetings everyone! There are two planets in your early morning sky and one of them is impossible to miss unless the clouds ...

September opens with Venus hosting winter constellations in the eastern ... Venus; Regulus, the brightest star in Leo; an old crescent moon; Mars; and Mercury. Mars and Venus are rapidly ...

By Deane Morrison As the summer stars move into prominence in the evening sky, the spring constellation Leo, the lion, slinks ...

If you’re a night owl, this is the perfect time of year for you, as stargazing has now become a late-night delight! Catch an ...

Leo’s brightest star, Regulus ... into the super-bright orange-reddish star Arcturus, the brightest star in the constellation Bootes the Herdsman. Bootes dominates the eastern half of the ...

Now three months past its conjunction with the sun in March, Saturn is currently well separated from the dawn glow. On June 1 ...