If you step outside and look skyward as soon as darkness falls on these summer evenings, chances are you'll be able to pick out one of the most prominent and recognizable celestial patterns: the Big ...

Scholars are fairly sure that the oldest of our star groups trace back to the Mesopotamian peoples of five or more millennia ago. In fact, the creatures that were made into the ancient Western ...

Spring is here in the Northern Hemisphere, always a good sign as it means rebirth, new life, new hope, something our world needs in these challenging times. Some find comfort to turn off the news for ...

May's bright stars and classic spring constellations make this the perfect time to learn the sky the old-fashioned way, one ...

As soon as darkness falls these evenings, step outside and look skyward. What is the most prominent and easiest star pattern to recognize? If you live in the Northern Hemisphere you only need to look ...

Now that we're well into spring, you can easily see the Big Dipper at the start of evening, suspended upside down, high above the northern horizon. In fact it's nearly overhead. If you're facing north ...

Now that we’re well into spring, you can easily see the Big Dipper at the start of the evening, suspended upside down, high above the northern horizon. It’s nearly overhead. If you’re facing north it ...

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 ...

You know the Big Dipper—also called the Plough. It’s that pattern of seven bright stars that isn’t actually a “real” constellation. Part of the constellation of Ursa Major—the Great Bear—it’s one of ...

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Scholars are fairly sure that the oldest of our star groups trace back to the Mesopotamian peoples of five or more millennia ago. In fact, the creatures that were made into the ancient Western ...