Arcturus (at a magnitude of -0.05), one of the few stars mentioned by name in the Bible, is a giant, about 25 times the diameter of our sun and 36.7 light years away. Boötes is chasing the Bears with ...

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 ...

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

Thinking they’d just ridden The Big One, they soon realized they were actually on the Big Dipper instead. Supreme Court refuses to hear Republican lawsuit seeking to roll back voting rights ...

The smaller constellation Leo Minor lies to the upper right (north) of Leo in the west this evening. Leo Minor appears ...

Follow the curve of the Big Dipper’s handle, and you will run into the bright orange star Arcturus in the high southeast sky. Arcturus is the brightest star in the constellation Boötes the ...

Of all the constellations we see through the year ... since its stars are as bright as the stars that make up the Big Dipper. By the way, that “W” allegedly outlines the throne that Queen ...

On March 4, the company teased the return of the menu item on Twitter with a visual depiction of the Big Dipper constellation — made out of pepperoni. The stars have aligned and an iconic pizza ...

Two of the best examples are the Big Dipper and Orion's Belt. Neither is a constellation (the Big Dipper is part of Ursa Major), but both are bright and obvious. They serve as anchor points from ...