If you step outside and look skyward as soon as darkness falls on these summer evenings, chances are you'll be able to pick out one of the most prominent and recognizable celestial patterns: the Big ...

This week, as darkness descends, the stars of the Big Dipper are almost directly overhead. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Next to ...

Spring is here in the Northern Hemisphere, always a good sign as it means rebirth, new life, new hope, something our world needs in these challenging times. Some find comfort to turn off the news for ...

Two easy-to-find star groupings appear during late summer and early autumn. You can see them by going outdoors and facing north during early evening hours. Look low in the northwest for the seven ...

Scholars are fairly sure that the oldest of our star groups trace back to the Mesopotamian peoples of five or more millennia ago. In fact, the creatures that were made into the ancient Western ...

The summer months bring music festivals, and family fun and one local bar is bringing a music festival back for the second ...

Now that we’re well into spring, you can easily see the Big Dipper at the start of the evening, suspended upside down, high above the northern horizon. It’s nearly overhead. If you’re facing north it ...

Anyone who enjoys gazing at the night sky probably has a few favorite star patterns they like to look for: The Big Dipper, for example, or Orion’s belt. But those familiar shapes that many of us ...

You know the Big Dipper—also called the Plough. It’s that pattern of seven bright stars that isn’t actually a “real” constellation. Part of the constellation of Ursa Major—the Great Bear—it’s one of ...

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This week, as darkness descends, the stars of the Big Dipper are almost directly overhead. Next to Orion, the Dipper is probably the most impressive group of stars in our sky.Here we have seven bright ...

Scholars are fairly sure that the oldest of our star groups trace back to the Mesopotamian peoples of five or more millennia ago. In fact, the creatures that were made into the ancient Western ...