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

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

The Ursa Minor Dwarf is a small galaxy, a loose aggregation of stars, and a satellite of the Milky Way. Its gravitational center lies 200,000 light-years away, and it seems to have undergone a ...

When the Greek astronomer Ptolemy drew up the definitive list of constellations that we largely use today, around AD 150, the north pole of the sky lay about half-way along Ursa Minor. Instead of ...

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

The Ursa Minor Dwarf is a small galaxy, a loose aggregation of stars, and a satellite of the Milky Way. Its gravitational center lies 200,000 light-years away, ...