The 13 Zodiac Constellations Aries (March 21 - April 19) Photo: Artsiom P / Shutterstock. The Aries constellation is in the northern hemisphere and is made up of four stars and represents a ram ...

Modern astronomy still uses the constellations of the zodiac, along with the other constellations, as handy reference markers to denote various portions of the sky. But that’s it.

This means the ancient Greeks thought there were only 11 zodiacal constellations, not 12, with Libra being introduced only much later to round them out to an even dozen. But it gets worse.

By Kat Troche As summer deepens in the Northern Hemisphere, a familiar constellation rises with the galactic core of the ...

Also, this month, the July full moon, or Buck Moon, will grace the sky and reach peak illumination in the zodiac sign of ...

The rarest zodiac sign, excluding Ophiuchus, is Aquarius. This is because the period for Aquarius (January 20 to February 18) falls during a time of year when fewer people are born, particularly ...

Over 2,000 years ago, the Babylonians mapped these constellations and later the Greeks built on that work to create the zodiac we have today. But here's what might surprise you — and what ...

The reflection of sunlight from the dust particles is called zodiacal light, and, according to the website EarthSky, Mississippi is a great place to see it.It's a cone-shaped light that appears ...

In the northern hemisphere, you’ll be able to spot the zodiacal constellations Cancer, Gemini, Leo and Taurus, plus Auriga and Monoceros. February comets.