The seven stars that make up this famous asterism are part of Ursa Major the Great Bear. And they offer a lot more than meets the eye.

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST ... were found in the same path of the night sky—close to the Big Dipper—where the iconic Hubble Ultra Deep Field image was taken.

The Geminid meteor shower peaks overnight on Dec. 13 and 14. Up to 120 "shooting stars" per hour will rain down on Earth, but a near-full moon may hamper viewing.

The York's fall season will conclude with Welcome to the Big Dipper, a new musical based on a true event (inspired by the play All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go by Catherine Filloux), with music ...

The Big Dipper, an historic inn nestled in Bigelow, New York, near Niagara Falls, has been in Joan Wilke’s family for decades and is on the brink of closure, when a monster blizzard forces two ...