New Minnesota laws are set to go into effect Tuesday, July 1. The Legislature wrapped up is business in a special session that ended several weeks ago following the regular session. Here are some of ...

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.

Below are the 5 easiest constellations to spot in a New England sky this summer, according to a Coos Canyon Camping article.

Tammy Daniels of Swansboro did a double take when she walked out of her house on Friday, May 16. As she stepped on the stoop of her home at 529 Sabiston Drive at about 5:55 a.m., she saw a bear ...

This account of the origin of the two celestial bears comes from the Roman poet Ovid, based on myths of the ancient Greeks. But the connection of Ursa Major with a bear goes back millennia earlier ...

Go star-hopping One of the most famous star patterns in the Northern Hemisphere is the Big Dipper, located in the constellation Ursa Major, which translates to “big bear” in Latin.

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Polaris is the brightest star in Ursa Minor the Little Bear, which contains the asterism the Little Dipper. There’s a saying in astronomy: “Follow the arc to Arcturus and speed (or spike) to ...