“There are several highly magnetised neutron stars, or magnetars, that are known to exhibit radio pulses with a period of a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

For a decade, something has been sending blasts of radio emissions towards us every two hours, roughly from the Big Dipper constellation. But work over those years using multiple telescopes has ...

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.

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 ...