Running Chicken Nebula is a stellar nursery located in the constellation Centaurus. See a 3D animation created from VLT Survey imagery of these stunning regions of space. Credit: Space.com | animation ...

Polaris, which lies roughly 430 light-years from Earth, marks the end of the Little Dipper’s handle. Alternatively, it’s the ...

In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Dave Eicher invites you to head out and observe a planetary nebula in the constellation Ursa Major the Great Bear. Amateur astronomers call it the Owl ...

(Mike Lynch) The Big Dipper, my favorite asterism, is actually part of the official constellation known by its Latin name as Ursa Major, or in English as the Big Bear. Ursa Major is one of the ...