Astronomer Calvin Leung was excited last summer to crunch data from a newly commissioned radio telescope to precisely pinpoint the origin of ...

The "shooting stars" produced by the Ursid meteor shower appear to come from the Ursa Minor constellation, best known as either the Little Bear or the Little Dipper. The Ursids will appear to come ...

The Ursids originate from the bowl of the Little Dipper, also known as the Ursa Minor constellation, near the bright orange star called Kochab, Lunsford said. While the moon rises near midnight ...

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Called the Ursids, they appear to come from the Ursa Minor constellation, colloquially known as the Little Dipper. “So you may have meteors all over the sky,” he said. As they coincide ...

This meteor shower is named for its radiant point, which is located near the star Beta Ursae Minoris (Kochab) in the constellation Ursa Minor. William F. Denning, who observed a meteor shower for ...

Its Latin name means "greater (or larger) bear", referring to and contrasting it with nearby Ursa Minor, the lesser bear. In antiquity, it was one of the original 48 constellations listed by ...

After an exciting year of celestial events from the total solar eclipse in April to consecutive blue moons, the sky has one more spectacle left for us yet: the Ursid meteor shower. It's the final ...