The three blue supergiants forming Orion’s Belt are prominent winter sky markers, visible worldwide and aligned along the Milky Way, according to Space.com.
In late winter, the zodiacal light is visible in the evening in the Northern Hemisphere (false dusk) and in the pre-dawn ...
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Magnificent NGC clusters in the winter sky
The winter sky is dominated by sparkling bright stars dotting the Milky Way. Among the myriad star clusters, many that stand out in the eyepiece steal visual observers' hearts. The popular Messier ...
A G-shaped star pattern becomes visible after dark on February 9, 2026, formed from well-known winter stars observable in the Northern Hemisphere.
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The stars of Orion's belt are 200,000 times brighter than our sun, and winter is the perfect time to see them
The Orion constellation is home to some of the most luminous stars in our Milky Way galaxy.
New simulations of Milky Way-like galaxies reveal that the strange split between two chemically distinct groups of stars may arise from several very different evolutionary events. Bursts of star ...
The Milky Way is a spiral galaxy containing 100-400 billion stars. Planet Earth sits along one of the galaxy’s spiral arms. Though the Milky Way is generally always visible from Earth, certain times ...
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