With February’s winter nights regularly dropping below freezing, it’s tempting to take the easy way out and just stay inside.

The researchers aptly nicknamed the proposed object "Betelbuddy," or more formally, Alpha Orionis B (Betelgeuse is ...

To find it, point any telescope 9.5° east-southeast of coppery Betelgeuse (Alpha Orionis, the star that marks the right shoulder of Orion the Hunter). NGC 2244 shines at magnitude 4.8 ...