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

Summer beckons us all year long with the promise of swimming pools, ice cream trucks, and relaxing in the shade. For the Northern Hemisphere, the official summer season starts on June 20 or 21 ...

The Plough, sometimes known as The Big Dipper, is one of the most famous asterisms in the northern hemisphere ... constellation of Cygnus are extensions of this cross shape. 2. Throughout summer ...

For the northern hemisphere this will be the lowest ... You’ll find Antares, the brightest star in the summer constellation of Scorpius, just below the “Strawberry Moon.” ...

The Big Dipper (Ursa Major or Big Bear in Latin) is the most-recognized constellation in the Northern Hemisphere. The Arctic is the region of the Big Bear and also, coincidentally, the region of ...

Instead, the term refers to the hottest days of the year or the last months of summer here in the Northern Hemisphere ... which is part of the constellation, Canis Major (the Greater Dog).