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

In the case of the Big Dipper, it’s part of the constellation Ursa Major the Great Bear. While the Big Dipper is visible year round from many places, its orientation in the sky changes through ...

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 ...

A rare "black moon" is making an appearance in December before we ring in 2025 - a boon to astronomers and constellation ...

This constellation is a reliable fixture in the northern sky and is relatively easy to spot, despite its smaller and dimmer ...

Stargazers in the northern hemisphere are in for an out-of-this-world holiday light show this weekend. The Ursids, the final ...

The Okanagan Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (OCRASC) has some special plans for people who would like to ...

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Their radiant, or point of origin in the sky, is from the constellation Ursa Minor, commonly known ... meaning fainter meteors will be obscured. The next major meteor shower, the Quadrantids ...

Ursids radiates out from the Little Dipper, one of the most familiar constellations in the night sky and part of the Ursa Major constellation. It'll be way up in the northern skies when Ursids ...

People in Northern California will get a chance to view the Quadrantid meteor shower, but only if they are up to either waking up early or staying up really late.