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 ...

Possibly one of the best-known constellations in the northern sky, Ursa Major—or the Great Bear—contains an asterism of seven stars known as the Big Dipper (or, in other countries, the Plough ...

Although many people think the Big Dipper is a constellation, it’s not. Instead, that shape is the brightest part of the very large constellation Ursa Major, the Big Bear. The Big Dipper ...