Most people have never seen the Little Dipper, because most of its stars are too dim to be seen through light-polluted skies.

Mizar, a star in the Big Dipper's handle, has a tiny companion. This star, Alcor, was known to the ancients. The pair was ...

July stargazing is certainly a late show, but it’s worth losing some sleep over because it’s now prime time for summer ...

The only evening planet for July is Mars, faint red in the west at dusk, and getting lost in the Sun’s glare by August. High ...

Mizar, a star in the Big Dipper's handle, has a tiny companion. This star, Alcor, was known to the ancients. The pair was popularly known as the "Horse and Rider." ...

July stargazing is certainly a late show, but it's worth losing some sleep over because it’s prime time for summer ...

The Big Dipper is not a constellation itself, but an asterism within the constellation Ursa Major. It's visible throughout the year in the Northern Hemisphere, but it's most prominent during the ...

In this essentially theatrical work, the point, for us, was less to develop words and speech than blown up form of movement, ...

The Big Dipper is not a constellation itself, but an asterism within the constellation Ursa Major. It's visible throughout the year in the Northern Hemisphere, ...

Having a good phone app is a lot of fun and quite helpful in verifying stars, asterisms, and constellations. Most apps will ...