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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

And indeed, Ursa Major is a big bear. Along with the seven stars that compose the Big Dipper, its surrounding stars sprawl across a whole quadrant of the sky. In area it's the third biggest ...

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

The Big Dipper is not only one of the easiest-to-find star groupings but one that can be used as a tool to find others. Credit: Creators.com illustration Spring has sprung in the Earth’s ...

This week on Star Watch, you will slowly be able to see the moon get a little fuller each night as well as a chance to see the constellation the Big Dipper. As we head through the overnight ...

One of my favorite star groupings of springtime was the Big Dipper. This group of seven stars is part of a larger constellation known as Ursa Major, the Great Bear, but tracing a bear is not for ...

The stars of summer make some wonderful connect-the-dots pictures in the evening sky. Our old familiar friends, the Big and Little Dippers are in Guam’s summer skies. The Big Dipper is easy to ...