Mizar, a star in the Big Dipper's handle, has a tiny companion. This star, Alcor, was known to the ancients. The pair was popularly known as the "Horse and Rider." ...

Summer’s brightest stars appear, echoing these Earth-bound lights, beginning around 9:20 p.m. through mid-month.

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 ...

Most people have never seen the Little Dipper, because most of its stars are too dim to be seen through light-polluted skies. Earlier this month, we spoke of Ursa Major, the Big Bear, so this week ...