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 ...

The constellation ARA (pronounced AIR-uh) the Altar was one of the “original” constellations of the Greeks. It appeared in Phaenomena, a 3rd-century-b.c. work by the Greek poet Aratus. He based it on ...

Constellations are funny things, and beginner stargazers have so many misconceptions about them. Some novices believe constellations are fanciful pictures in the sky and may wonder why they can never ...