Some of the most well-known star formations such as the Big Dipper, Little Dipper ... according to NASA. Technically, the 88 official constellations are regions that divide the sky in order ...

Most people are familiar with the Big Dipper even if they have little interest in astronomy. It is one of the “circumpolar” ...

Many people grow up believing the Big Dipper is a constellation, but it’s not. It’s an asterism — a small, eye-catching, connect-the-dots pattern made of stars lying either within a single ...

As it does, it will leave the night skies free from moonlight, which serious stargazers view as light pollution.In the week before the new moon, and for a couple of nights after, the night sky gets as ...

Most of us can spot the group of stars known as the Plough or the Big Dipper. But there’s more to explore here, says Abigail Beall ...

Since March, Venus has been visible in the morning sky, just east of sunrise. But the planet's greatest elongation, when it ...

Sky watchers can find the constellation by starting at the Big Dipper, then following the curved ... During a nova event, explains NASA, energy explodes from a white dwarf star.