After a years-long legislative battle, optometrists will now be able to perform some procedures previously reserved for ...

As you stare at Minnesota’s new state constellation, Ursa Minor, i.e., the Little Dipper, and consider the vast universe, you ...

The Legislature had a one-day June special session to complete the next $66 billion two-year state budget funding the state ...

Most people have never seen the Little Dipper, because most of its stars are too dim to be seen through light-polluted skies.

Having a good phone app is a lot of fun and quite helpful in verifying stars, asterisms, and constellations. Most apps will ...

Below are the 5 easiest constellations to spot in a New England sky this summer, according to a Coos Canyon Camping article.

June 20, 2025, brings us the summer solstice. Supposedly, that means warmer weather has finally arrived in Wyoming. This month, if you go out after it gets dark, you will ...

When the Greek astronomer Ptolemy drew up the definitive list of constellations that we largely use today, around AD 150, the north pole of the sky lay about half-way along Ursa Minor.

Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, the Bears of the sky, have quite a story. I’ll cover that “tale of the tails” in a future Skywatch column.

ENID, Okla. — The Mackie Planetarium on the Northern Oklahoma College Enid campus will present its monthly show at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 3, 2025.

The Ursids originate from the bowl of the Little Dipper, also known as the Ursa Minor constellation, near the bright orange star called Kochab, Lunsford said.

“The Ursids meteors fall as if they were coming from the Ursa Minor constellation (near the North Star), which is why they are named.” Tadros added that the annual timing of this shower is from ...