Have you ever noticed a constellation while driving at night and wondered what it was? Or looked up after dark and wondered what you were looking at? The night sky appears is constantly changing, ...

The best way to look at the stars is to lie flat on your back. If you do that in April and May you'll stare straight up at the Big Dipper. Even if you live in a light-polluted location, the Dipper is ...

On December and January evenings, Orion rises early and dominates the southern sky by mid-evening, making him the easiest ...

Ursa Major, also known as the Great Bear, is a constellation in the northern sky, whose associated mythology likely dates back into prehistory. Its Latin name means "greater (or larger) bear", ...

The Big Dipper is probably the most familiar constellation in the sky. It is actually part of Ursa Major, the Great Bear. The Little Dipper is the most recognizable part of Ursa Minor, the Little Bear ...

We're here to help you reach for the stars and complete the NYT Strands puzzle for today, April 25, 2025. Fans of word puzzles like Wordle or Connections definitely have to give Strands a go. In this ...

Lying some 85 million light years away, tucked deep within the Ursa Major constellation, lies the galaxy NGC 2814. Unlike the eye-catching, spiral-shaped family of galaxies (of which the Milky Way is ...

Every February we come face to face with Ursa Major the Great Bear. He's a friendly bruin, but on these biting nights you'll need to dress warmly to see him. Although a little early for real bears to ...

The Ursa Major Arc is about 600 light years away and encircles the Big Dipper (part of Ursa Major the Great Bear), and portions of the Little Dipper, Draco and Canes Venatici. The faint arc requires ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. This week sees the peak of one of the best meteor showers of ...

Shannon Silverman, an astrophysicist at the Clay Center in Charleston West Virginia, guides us through the cosmos above West Virginia. In episode 6, she tells us about some summer constellations.