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 ...

The bright constellations of winter have departed in the west, while the stars of spring are climbing the eastern and ...

With the constellation Ursa Major high in the sky, late April presents an ideal opportunity to spot the 'Three Leaps of the Gazelle' asterism - a set of three stellar pairings hanging below the Great ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

Of all the constellations that we see through the year over Butler, Virgo the Virgin is the second largest. The only problem ...

Spoiler warning: Below there will be information about today's New York Times Strands puzzle.

This week is the best time in May to view the night sky. Here's everything you can see during May's dark skies, from an ...

It was great fun seeing the stars ... in the real night sky! One of my favorite star groupings of springtime was the Big Dipper. This group of seven stars is part of a larger constellation known ...

The first constellations were defined before you could imagine. Ancient civilisations used groups of visible stars to tell stories about their beliefs, experiences, creation and myths. Stars ...

Look closely at the handle of the Saucepan (or Big Dipper) and you’ll see that the middle star ... of constellations that we largely use today, around AD 150, the north pole of the sky ...

The Three Leaps of the Gazelle are pairs of stars representing hoofprints below the constellation Ursa Major. | Credit: Starry Night ... locate the Big Dipper, which is high in the sky in late ...