Here's our weekly guide to the planets, stars and other highlights in the night sky this week. Plus, we've got a heads up on ...

They’re asterisms, which are just smaller, well-known star patterns within larger constellations. The Big Dipper, for example ... check out In-The-Sky.org and NASA’s sky maps.

Spring Constellations are taking over across the night sky during the month of April. To the south, Orion is still visible in the western sky each evening, with Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, and Serpens ...

We in North America call it the Big Dipper, but those in Great Britain know it as the Plough. Stargazers in Germany and Scandinavian countries recognize it as a wagon. Its “drinking gourd” shape even ...

This recurrent nova, located approximately 3,000 light-years away in the constellation Corona Borealis ... most easily done by first locating the Big Dipper/Plough, one of the most recognizable ...

Today, we call it the Big Dipper. By connecting stars in the constellation Ursa Major in a different way, you can see the rough shape of a bear. Ursa Major means "Great Bear" in Latin, but many ...

American readers might know this familiar seven-star collection as the Big Dipper, but talk to Irish ... Plough over e-mail last summer: “This constellation points towards the northern star ...

according to NASA and earthsky.org. Monday: Any clear night this month is a perfect time to look for the Big Dipper. Fun fact: It's not really a constellation, but it is part of one. This type of ...