As you stare at Minnesota’s new state constellation, Ursa Minor, i.e., the Little Dipper, and consider the vast universe, you’ll also have to ponder this: The tax on your weed is going up.  The ...

The Legislature had a one-day June special session to complete the next $66 billion two-year state budget funding the state ...

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

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 ...

It’s an asterism — a small, eye-catching, connect-the-dots pattern made of stars lying either within a single constellation or in neighboring constellations. In the case of the Big Dipper, it ...

Officially, the Dipper is not a full-fledged constellation, but an asterism — just a part of the constellation known as Ursa Major, the Great Bear. And indeed, Ursa Major is a big bear.

Most of us can spot the group of stars known as the Plough or the Big Dipper. But there’s more to explore here, says Abigail ... and, by extension, Ursa Major, the constellation in which it ...

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