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

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

Parched concert-goers, motorcyclists and young social media influencers get new protections in Minnesota as of July 1. The ...

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

Starting Tuesday, July 1, a series of changes in Minnesota law will take effect, including provisions allowing motorcycle ...

July stargazing is certainly a late show, but it’s worth losing some sleep over because it’s now prime time for summer ...

Ursa Major . Possibly one of the best-known constellations in the northern sky, Ursa Major—or the Great Bear—contains an asterism of seven stars known as the Big Dipper (or, in other countries ...

Ursa Major and Ursa Minor among the constellations in the sky (Getty Images/iStockphoto) O nce upon a time, back in the golden age of gods and humans, the great god Jupiter caught sight of a nymph ...

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. When to watch the Ursid meteor shower ...