UW-Milwaukee’s Manfred Olson Planetarium has been hosting a series of events based on the zodiac, and this month they are highlighting Scorpius. Do you know your zodiac sign? Would you know how to ...

The moon will find itself in the grip of a cosmic scorpion in the early hours of Monday (March 13) as it visits the stars that comprise the claws of the Scorpius constellation, the Scorpion. Look to ...

A tall constellation, Scorpius the scorpion crawls across the southern sky as soon as it gets dark. Its brightest star, Antares, glows with a distinctive orange-red hue. Shaula, at the tip of its tail ...

Summertime is here, as July offers a series of skywatching events to embrace along with the warmer weather, the longer days and seasonal summer nights. When looking up, NASA suggests a few star ...

See the moon shine near the claws of the Scorpius constellation just after dusk Friday night (Sept. 2). The nearly half-illuminated moon rises tonight in the southwestern sky. It will appear near the ...

Well, it has been a fun ride, but our journey through the constellations of the Zodiac has come to an end. Even so, I have saved the very best for last. Walk outside on a clear summer night, look to ...

NEW YORK — A spectacular new image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a likely new star forming in the Milky Way's Scorpius constellation. The telescope, which is jointly operated by NASA and the ...

Summer evening skies are home to some classic constellations. One of them is Scorpius the Scorpion, the tenth brightest constellation in the night sky and one of the few constellations that actually ...

Tonight the waxing gibbous Moon will be close to Antares, the brightest star in the constellation of Scorpius. Look due south. A red supergiant star 12 times the mass of the Sun, Antares is one of the ...

The new moon will see dark skies for the peak of the Orionid meteor shower, while three days will pass in front of the red ...

The giant elliptical galaxy Messier 87 (M87), in the constellation Virgo, possesses near its center a supermassive black hole ...