Cygnus' easy-to-spot cross shape is anchored at the Swan's head by magnitude 3.1 Albireo - a stunning orange and blue double star with a separation of about 35″ - and at the tail by brighter ...

Scientists have spotted a record-breaking triple-star system using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), a NASA spacecraft that hunts for exoplanets. The system's orbit is so tightly ...

Look to the left of Vega for Deneb, in Cygnus, the swan. Below these two stars, Altair, in Aquila, the eagle, completes the Triangle. Look slightly above and left of Altair to trace Sagitta ...

The Cygnus-X star-forming region is located 4,600 light-years from Earth and spans more than 600 light-years. It contains 10 times as much gas as the Orion Nebula -- enough to make over three ...