A steady stream of “shooting stars” expected to be visible in the night sky this weekend ... named after the constellation Orion and streak through the sky at about 41 miles per second.

November’s night sky offers Venus and a crescent moon shining together as five planets emerge after sunset and a “Super ...

The Orionid meteor shower is annual show of celestial debris from Halley’s Comet as it rips through space. The meteors, sometimes referred to as shooting stars, originate from the comet, burning up as ...

The phenomenon gets its name from the Orion constellation ... by an astronomer searching the night sky for Orionid meteors shows clouds obstructing their view. Pic: AP That's because the moon ...

Saturn shines in the south most of the night, Jupiter rises in the early evening, while Mars is visible in the early morning sky.

Night sky observers always factor in the moon to determine the best time for astronomy viewing, especially for the two meteor ...

November brings a skywatching bonanza, with three meteor showers — the Southern Taurids, Northern Taurids and Orionids — ...

The annual Orionids meteor shower is set to peak on Monday night ... SkySafari and Sky Map, which all use a smartphone’s built-in gyroscope to point to the Orion constellation.

Looking up and around during the day, it's easy to understand why the ancients believed that we live under a great dome of sky.

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS didn’t quite live up to the expectations of being the “comet of the century” and during November its brief appearance sees it rapidly fade from view ... Orion, the Hunter, ...

A few nights after stargazers caught a once-in-a-lifetime view of a recently discovered comet, the night sky over the Mid-Atlantic ... look for the Orion constellation and then sweep your vision ...

The annual Orionids meteor shower is set to peak on Monday night, bringing up to 20 shooting stars each hour to the night sky ...