The Ursids originate from the bowl of the Little Dipper, also known as the Ursa Minor constellation, near the bright orange star called Kochab, Lunsford said. While the moon rises near midnight ...

In Taurus, Jupiter shines above the V-shaped Hyades star cluster and the bright orange star Aldebaran, the eye of the bull. Perhaps the most striking winter constellation is Orion, with its ...

"What you will likely see is a crescent moon and a bright orange 'star' shining to its right (Mars) and farther off to the ...

Look to the east after dark this week, and you’ll see a dazzlingly bright “star” in the evening sky. Is it the legendary Christmas Star? It’s Jupiter at opposition, an annual astronomical ...