Orion Nebula: Believed to be the cosmic fire of creation by the Maya of Mesoamerica, Messier 42 blazes brightly in the constellation Orion. This stellar nursery, is only 1,500 light-years away ...

After all that reading, we'll leave you with a few glamour shots of our favorite nebula: Messier 16, better known as the Eagle Nebula. For example, this gorgeous 2014 Hubble composite of the ...

Stargazers will be treated to overlapping meteor showers in April. From April 20 to April 26, both the Lyrids and Eta ...

Binoculars never get enough credit when it comes to stargazing. They don’t have as much light-gathering ability and ...

Everyone misses summer holidays. But here’s your chance to relive those cherished childhood days at these farms which offer ...

At the start of March, Mercury and Venus lay in the west after sunset. Now both have passed between us and the Sun into the ...

Plus: Observe two stunning spirals, see Venus reappear as a morning star, and enjoy the Last Quarter Moon in the sky this ...

While you’re out with your scope, it’s a short hop to two of Ophiuchus’ Messier objects ... Large Magellanic Cloud’s famous Tarantula Nebula. Sunrise: 6:56 A.M. Sunset: 9:17 P.M. Moonrise ...

Commonly known as the Lagoon Nebula, M8 was discovered in 1654 by the Italian astronomer Giovanni Battista Hodierna, who, like Charles Messier, sought to catalog nebulous objects in the night sky so ...