The Manfred Olson Planetarium at UW-Milwaukee's live, interactive show, Constellations of the Zodiac: Virgo, takes place Friday evening. There’s also a free outdoor Stars and S’mores event to ...

Admittedly, Virgo is not a constellation for beginners. It is a real challenge, although this week offers a better chance of spotting it because there is hardly any moonlight in the early evening sky.

Of all the constellations we see through the year, Virgo the Virgin is the second-largest. The only problem is that it’s also one of the faintest. With a lot of visual digging, Virgo can be ...

Covering 1294 square degrees, Virgo is the second largest constellation after Hydra, and there’s plenty going on here. Many of the stars serve as touchstones to help reveal its deeper mysteries.