The Big Dipper (Ursa Major or Big Bear in Latin) is the most recognized constellation in the Northern Hemisphere.

The Quadrantid meteor shower, 2025’s first, peaks Friday night with up to 120 meteors/hour. Look for blue fireballs under a ...

They come around every year like clockwork and that means planning shooting star trips can be done months in advance. Here's ...

Many people grow up believing the Big Dipper is a constellation, but it’s not. It’s an asterism — a small, eye-catching, connect-the-dots pattern made of stars lying either within a single ...

The first meteor shower of the year peaks on the night of January 2–3. Here’s everything you need to know to watch it and the ...

T Coronae Borealis will brighten 1,000 times in 2025 to become visible to the naked eye for the first time since 1946.

But arkticus means north because it is a reference to the Great Bear constellation, which we know today as The Big Dipper. The Big Dipper (Ursa Major or Big Bear in Latin) is the most-recognized ...

Local residents can look up tonight and see a visual treat as hundreds of meteors streak across the sky. WEMU’s Ana Longoria ...

The Quadrantids, the first meteor shower of the New Year, has the potential to be one of the year's best – if the weather ...

The Quadrantid meteor shower is one of the strongest, and quickest, meteor showers of the year. Here’s what you need to know ...