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 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 ...

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 ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

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 ...

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

The four brightest planets are still afoot. Venus and Saturn dot the southwestern sky at dusk, while Jupiter and Mars join ...

The radiant, the point from which the meteors emerge, is within the Boötes constellation. To find this, look Northeast and downwards to the horizon from the 'handle' of the Big Dipper.

Experience the magic of the northern lights! Solar storms are predicted to create colorful auroras in multiple northern U.S.