Binoculars never get enough credit when it comes to stargazing. They don’t have as much light-gathering ability and magnification as telescopes do, but binoculars have definite advantages. For one ...

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Stars were extremely significant to the inhabitants of Middle-earth in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings novel, especially the Elves.

And front and center right now appears one of the most familiar and easy-to-find star groupings: the Big Dipper. We in North America call it the Big Dipper, but those in Great Britain know it as ...

Gorilla Tag studio Another Axiom announced Orion Drift is getting its first big update since early access launch last month, bringing to the sprawling space station a new mini-game called ...

Orion the Hunter, the sky’s most famous constellation ... If you look to your left, you’ll spot an old familiar friend. It’s the Big Dipper, officially known as Ursa Major the Great Bear ...

1977 photo of the roller coaster in Belmont Park, then called ‘Earthquake’ now the ‘Giant Dipper’. (City of San Diego photographer) The Giant Dipper was the largest on the West Coast at ...

Then, on April 18, the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) and Pinwheel Galaxy (M101) will be high in the sky near the Big Dipper constellation! And as if that wasn't enough of a spectacle, on April 25 the ...

By continuing in the same direction from Orion's belt and past Aldebaran, you'll see a group of blue stars: The Pleiades cluster.