Do you know your zodiac sign? Would you know how to find it in the night sky? To help us learn about the astronomy and mythology behind the zodiac, contributor Jean Creighton, director of UW-Milwaukee ...

Look up on any clear night and you can see myriad stars, planets, and the Milky Way stretching across the sky. The chances are that you know some of the constellations. The International Astronomical ...

Auriga is one weird constellation. It resembles a lopsided pentagon, but according to Greek and Roman mythology, Auriga outlines a retired championship chariot driver carrying a mama goat slung over ...

Over half of the 88 official constellation names are attributed to the ancient Greeks. The International Astronomical Union governs the naming of these star-formed “patterns.” The first known ...

We look up today and see the stars divided into the same familiar shapes as our ancestors, but how did the constellations come to be? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

What is in a name? The Zodiac, a celestial coordinate system that divides the sky into twelve equal parts, is rich in mythology, symbolism, and history. Each of these segments, or signs, corresponds ...

In Greek mythology, the story of Jason and the Golden Fleece highlights the connection between Aries and the ram. Jason, the hero of the Argonauts, was determined to retrieve the magical fleece, which ...