For anyone who’s ever attempted the high-stakes balancing act of dipping a fry into a flimsy ketchup packet on the go, your ...

Scholars are fairly sure that the oldest of our star groups trace back to the Mesopotamian peoples of five or more millennia ago. In fact, the creatures that were made into the ancient Western ...

You know the Big Dipper—also called the Plough. It’s that pattern of seven bright stars that isn’t actually a “real” constellation. Part of the constellation of Ursa Major—the Great Bear—it’s one of ...

The American dipper is a songbird that prefers water to the skies! Learn what the bird looks like and where you're likely to ...

Photo Credit: Noel Corboni – Canon EOS-20-d and 17-40 zoom lens at f/4 piggybocked on 10” LX200 GPS UHTC – 15×30 second ISO 1600 exposures. The Big Dipper is probably the most recognizable celestial ...

As soon as darkness falls these evenings, step outside and look skyward. What is the most prominent and easiest star pattern to recognize? If you live in the Northern Hemisphere you only need to look ...