Quasar 0957+561, the first known gravitationally lensed quasar, lies near NGC 3079 in Ursa Major. Here's how to find and ...

The highly inclined barred spiral M108 in Ursa Major is sometimes called the Surfboard Galaxy. It's not to be missed.

Hotel Ursa in Orono has launched a celestial experience with Shawn Laatsch, a pioneer of the world’s first 3-D stereoscopic ...

Ursa Major and its Big Dipper asterism are loaded with terrific galaxies. Two strange galaxies that inhabit this area may be ...

This week, as darkness falls, we can view Ursa Major, low in the northwest sky. Its lower extremities are out of view, lying below the horizon. With each passing hour, ...

Astronomers describe Mercury as an "inferior planet", because its orbital path around the sun is much closer than that of ...

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

Spot overlapping meteor showers this month, along with the Moon sharing the sky with some of the brightest planets.

The stars of the Ursa Major constellation can be used to find its smaller sibling ... Exactly where you see Polaris in your ...

The seven bright stars in Ursa Major are the most recognisable star pattern in the sky, along with Orion. In Britain, they traditionally form the Plough; though – with this agricultural ...

Topic - Ursa Major Subscribe to this topic via RSS or ATOM. Ursa Major, also known as the Great Bear, is a constellation in the northern sky, whose associated mythology likely dates back into ...