With the season of spring well underway, there is a bright and magical star to view in our Arizona skies in April. The star is known as Arcturus. Arcturus is an amazing example of a bright red-orange ...

Discover why some stars shine blue, white, orange or red and what those colors tell us about the cosmos.

Without a doubt, the brightest star in the summer night sky is Arcturus. It’s the second-brightest star in our night skies throughout the year. Only Sirius, the brightest star in the constellation ...

Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky, perched on the nose of the constellation Canis Major, otherwise known as the Big Dog. Because of that, Sirius is called the "dog star" that dominates the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A yellow orb is seen with a disk of gas around it. A dim star in the night sky 3,000 light-years from our solar system could soon ...

Over the next week skywatchers can expect to see a brilliant star that sparkles with a golden yellow or topaz hue that is situated about one-third of the way up from the eastern horizon as darkness ...

The constellations overhead in May are dominated by Leo and Ursa Major. Leo the Lion is easily picked out by a large backward question mark known as the Sickle. The bright star at the bottom of the ...

This is “Looking UP! in southern Colorado,” from the Colorado Springs Astronomical Society. I’m Hal Bidlack, and there are lots of reasons to look up! Did you know that in 1933, the light from a star ...

Last week, I wrote in part about the star Arcturus, and I hope you got out to see its beautiful yellow-orange light. This week you’ll learn what the late radio personality Paul Harvey might have ...

Over the next week skywatchers can expect to see a brilliant star that sparkles with a golden yellow or topaz hue that is situated about one-third of the way up from the eastern horizon as darkness ...