due north in July may be the bright star Capella (rising around midnight). Polaris is the tip of a “Little Dipper,” a shape of stars that's always opposite the Big Dipper. Also called Ursa ...

Ursa Minor is a much smaller, dimmer constellation than the much more well-known Ursa Major—the Great ... directly above the North Pole, which is known as the North Star. The Ursids can ...

In the case of the Big Dipper, it's part of the constellation Ursa Major the Great ... it's one of the "pointer stars" that skygazers use to locate Polaris, the North Star. Shining at magnitude ...

but the sinking of the Ursa Major, which... A Russian nuclear icebreaker takes part in a tourist voyage to the North Pole, July 9, 2024. Russia's latest icebreaker, Rossiya, is currently under ...

MOSCOW, December 27. /TASS/. The fate of two crew members of Ursa Major, who were missing during the evacuation following a terrorist attack on the cargo ship in the Mediterranean, is still ...

Ursa Major is visible all year round from the UK ... This star is called Polaris and is also known as the North Star. It lies above the North Pole of the Earth and will show you which way north ...

Ursa Major, also known as the Great Bear, is a constellation in the northern sky, whose associated mythology likely dates back into prehistory. Its Latin name means "greater (or larger ...

The Russian cargo ship, Ursa Major, had been the target in a “terrorist act”, claimed Oboronlogistika, a company that is part of the Russian Defence Ministry’s military construction operations.

The Ursa Major had embarked from St Petersburg 12 days prior, sailing through the North Sea and English Channel. The explosion that led to its sinking occurred in the engine room. Spanish news ...

MADRID, December 27. /TASS/. Russian sailors that survived the crash of the Ursa Major freighter near the Spanish coast, departed from Madrid to Russia, the Russian embassy in Spain said.

The Quadrantids are the year's first shooting stars, peaking over North America between Jan ... the horizon — and can be found close to Ursa Major, home to the Big Dipper asterism, in the ...