Astronomers have discovered that our solar system traveled through a dense, star-forming region near Orion about 14 million ...

Astronomers say that of the thousands of stars visible to us in the northern hemisphere, Sirius is the brightest of them all.

FARGO — The most prominent configuration of stars in the evening sky this time of year is the magnificent constellation, Orion. Known casually as "The Hunter," it can be seen in the southern sky ...

The Orion constellation. The main stars of this constellation are connected by straight blue lines and some of them are labelled by their name. The Orion Nebula (M 42) is identified by the red square.

How do rogue planetary-mass objects -- celestial bodies with masses between stars and planets -- form? An international team of astronomers has used advanced simulations to show that these enigmatic ...

Pity the poor constellation Monoceros. The faint Unicorn is outshone by famous constellations like Gemini, the Twins, to the north and Orion, the mythic giant, to the west.