At around 10 p.m. local daylight time on these warm June evenings, face north and look overhead to see the seven stars that compose the famous Big Dipper. At this time of the year, the handle appears ...

Spring has sprung in the Earth's Northern Hemisphere, and with it come some pleasant evenings perfect for stargazing. And front and center right now appears one of the most familiar and easy-to-find ...

Earlier this month, we spoke of Ursa Major, the Big Bear, so this week we take a look at the Little Bear, Ursa Minor. Astronomy neophytes sometimes mistake the Pleiades star cluster for the Little ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The seven brightest stars of the constellation Ursa Major, ...

OK, I admit I may not remember where my car is parked, but I sure recall my grade school planetarium field trips like they just occurred. These were some of the highlights of my youth, and they played ...

The Big Dipper, an asterism within the Ursa Major constellation, is readily observable from mid-to-high northern latitudes and its appearance varies throughout the year due to Earth's orbit and ...

Shannon Silverman, an Astrophysicist at the Clay Center in Charleston West Virginia, guides us through the cosmos above West Virginia. In this episode, she explores the Big Dipper, and tells us about ...

Some of my earliest stargazing memories involve the same seven stars. Whether you call it the Plough or the Big Dipper – or even the saucepan, the panhandle or the wagon – the stars that form this ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The stars of the Ursa Major constellation can be used to find its smaller sibling, Ursa Minor. .