A small international team of astronomers has confirmed that a binary star system with an odd signal has a companion—a planet ...

Most of us can spot the group of stars known as the Plough or the Big Dipper. But there’s more to explore here, says Abigail Beall ...

Scientist are expecting a "once-in-a-lifetime" nova explosion to occur and people across the United States should be able to see it.

The magnitude 1.2 star Deneb passed close to the celestial north pole 18,000 years ago according to the University of ...

Follow the gazelle's flight from the Lion of Leo. With the constellation Ursa Major high in the sky, late April presents an ideal opportunity to spot the 'Three Leaps of the Gazelle' asterism - a ...

One of my favorite star groupings of springtime was the Big Dipper. This group of seven stars is part of a larger constellation known as Ursa Major, the Great Bear, but tracing a bear is not for ...

A nova explosion in the binary star system T Coronae Borealis is predicted ... It should be between the two of those with the Big Dipper handle pointing the way, according to The Planetary Society.