Even if you are new to stargazing, no doubt you have seen the seven bright stars that outline the Big Dipper, and this time ...

Even if you’re new to stargazing, no doubt you’ve seen the seven bright stars that outline the Big Dipper, and this time of ...

And front and center right now appears one of the most familiar and easy-to-find star groupings: the Big Dipper. We in North ... We've come to recognize the seven stars of its bowl and long ...

We’ve come to recognize the seven stars of its bowl ... any time of night or any season when the Big Dipper is visible. What if we were to follow these pointer stars in the opposite direction instead?

April 21 - 28 is International Dark Sky Week, a global celebration of the night sky during which like-minded organizations ...

Pulling the plastic bins down the rough pavement of my driveway, I stare up at a smattering of stars and planets. I can’t see that many; the band of the Milky Way that I used to see nightly when I ...

Sky chart facing east around 9 p.m. in April 2025 showing the location of globular cluster M3. The chart depicts the cluster’s position relative to the Big Dipper and bright stars Arcturus and Cor ...