The two stars at the far end of the bowl are Kochab (Beta [β] Ursae Minoris) and Pherkad (Gamma [γ] UMi). Thuban lies just over 10° southwest of Pherkad, just over the border in Ursa Minor’s ...

One of my favorite points in the sky is the double star, Mizar and Alcor, located in the Big Dipper asterism. The reason I love it so much is that it's hidden in plain sight—many of us have ...

Nanoscience and technology is the branch of science that studies systems and manipulates matter on atomic, molecular and supramolecular scales (the nanometre scale). On such a length scale ...

Those with keen eyesight can look at the star Mizar in the constellation Ursa Major — better known as the Big Dipper or Plough asterism — and see two stars. However, this is far easier to do ...

Saturday: Some people in town today for the Yakima River Canyon Marathon may have been looking for a little running inspiration. While nothing can take the place of a 20-mile run for marathon ...

Today: Mercury and Venus, the brighter of the two, are about a half a fist above the western horizon at 8 p.m. Sunday: If you want to put somebody off, tell her or him to wait until Deneb sets. At ...

A musician’s query as to the origin of a warped ‘wolf’ tone, and a review of a book by physicist Marie Curie, in our weekly dip into Nature’s archive. A multi-century climate record ...

The future of the Sattitla National Monument, located just south of the Oregon-California border in Modoc, Siskiyou and Shasta counties, is confused and uncertain.