This spectacular image of the Orion Nebula, complete with its incredibly rich star-formation region, was obtained from multiple exposures using the HAWK-I infrared camera on ESO’s Very Large Telescope ...

The next clear night, be sure to see Orion, which stands so bright and clear in the south on January evenings. Among the bounty of celestial treats in this region of the sky is the “Great Nebula of ...

The word “awesome” has become a staple of our vocabulary, and that’s great, or should I say awesome? Forgive me if I sound like a curmudgeon, but the downside is that awesome has been watered down. It ...

Few things are as captivating as a dark, star-filled sky. But the stars we see and enjoy don’t just “exist”; they all came into being long ago inside of massive clouds of gas and dust known as ...

Nothing beats a star-filled winter night sky. There are more bright stars shining in winter’s sky than in summer with winter constellations Taurus, Auriga and especially Orion all containing very ...

The most familiar pattern of stars in the Rochester night sky is the Big Dipper, which makes up the rear end and tail of the large constellation Ursa Major, the Big Bear. In second place, for most ...