Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. How many bright stars and constellations can you find in the ...

This photo features the bright, pentagonal constellation Auriga the Charioteer, which is visible in the northeastern sky at nightfall in early January. It's one of 88 constellations in the National ...

The constellations are the hot shots this month in the evening sky, according to Aileen O'Donoghue, astronomer with St. Lawrence University and the Adirondack Observatory. Every month, she checks in ...

It's easy to get lost in a clear night sky full of stars. It can feel like a random mess of lights without a little guidance. Once you're able to identify a few constellations though, the sky starts ...

While Bufo the toad and Rangifer the reindeer never made the cut, all kinds of creatures and things populate the 88 constellations. Scottish writer Alexander Jamieson introduced the constellation ...

Throughout history, just about every stargazing culture on the planet developed its own unique set of constellations and mythological stories, many of which were passed down through the ages. We in ...