Ursa Major, also known as the Great Bear, is the third-largest constellation in the sky. We explore this well-known constellation in more detail here.

we spoke of Ursa Major, the Big Bear, so this week we take a look at the Little Bear, Ursa Minor. Astronomy neophytes ...

Hotel Ursa in Orono has launched a celestial experience with Shawn Laatsch, a pioneer of the world’s first 3-D stereoscopic ...

Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, the Bears of the sky, have quite a story. I’ll cover that “tale of the tails” in a future Skywatch column. Comet Swan Update: ...

May is a great time to trace out the many stars of Ursa Major because it's almost directly overhead in the early evening in the Northern Hemisphere as darkness falls, though the bear is upside down.

This account of the origin of the two celestial bears comes from the Roman poet Ovid, based on myths of the ancient Greeks. But the connection of Ursa Major with a bear goes back millennia earlier ...

A bear got a head start on Memorial Day weekend, cooling off in ocean waters and visiting the sights in Marion Thursday. The black bear was spotted taking a dip near the docks in Buzzard’s Bay ...

Americans are weighing their options this week and deciding where to cast their ballot in the only contest that really matters: Fat Bear Week. Skip to main content Listen to RFI ...