In my part of Alaska, not far from Anchorage, the winter solstice is always a dark day, but not because of the lack of light.

People in Northern California will get a chance to view the Quadrantid meteor shower, but only if they are up to either waking up early or staying up really late.

In the case of the Big Dipper, it’s part of the constellation Ursa Major the Great Bear. While the Big Dipper is visible year round from many places, its orientation in the sky changes through ...

Ursa Major said it developed a new solid rocket motor from scratch in four months, and has now flown it twice in partnership with Raytheon. (Ursa Major) Raytheon and growing propulsion firm Ursa ...

TUCSON, Ariz., Dec. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, and Ursa Major announced its advanced long-range solid rocket motor completed a successful missile flight test ...

Lying on a gravel bar in the middle of a tiny creek in remote Alaska, I brought a brown bear into focus through a telephoto camera lens. It was neck-deep in water, head resting on a fallen tree limb, ...

WASHINGTON — Rocket propulsion startup Ursa Major announced Dec. 18 that one of its solid rocket motors completed a successful flight test on a Raytheon-built missile for the U.S. Army.

A Russian vessel, Ursa Major, sank in the Mediterranean after an explosion, leaving two crew members missing. The ship was operated by Oboronlogistika, a Russian Defence Ministry-affiliated ...

A big Alaskan brown bear is part of the adventure on a fish and float trip in Alaska / photo by Ken Baldwin Fish and Float is an Alaskan outfitter that helps you plan a week-long rafting and fly ...

The explosion occurred in Ursa Major’s engine rooms just after midday on Dec. 23, causing the ship to list between Spain and Algeria. The cause is not yet known. The news website La Verdad ...

Speed of development has been an important aspect of the project, which started with an investment RTX Ventures made in Ursa Major in 2023 to explore new rocket motor technologies in response to a ...