Join the Six in the Morning Crew as they catch you up on news and the day’s events. Big Dipper Creamery is marking National Ice Cream Day with the release of six new handcrafted flavors, available ...

At around 10 p.m. local daylight time on these warm June evenings, face north and look overhead to see the seven stars that compose the famous Big Dipper. At this time of the year, the handle appears ...

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 ...

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 ...

Now that we’re well into spring, you can easily see the Big Dipper at the start of the evening, suspended upside down, high above the northern horizon. It’s nearly overhead. If you’re facing north it ...

The Big Dipper is probably the most familiar constellation in the sky. It is actually part of Ursa Major, the Great Bear. The Little Dipper is the most recognizable part of Ursa Minor, the Little Bear ...

Now that we’re well into spring, you can see the Big Dipper at the start of evening, suspended upside down, high above the northern horizon. In fact, it’s almost overhead. Mike Lynch If you’re facing ...

As the month of April begins, the northeastern U.S. states are experiencing an "Indian Winter" to — a lingering cold season well past the equinox — the way warm weather often hangs on into October, ...

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 ...

Anyone who enjoys gazing at the night sky probably has a few favorite star patterns they like to look for: The Big Dipper, for example, or Orion’s belt. But those familiar shapes that many of us ...

Spring is here in the Northern Hemisphere, always a good sign as it means rebirth, new life, new hope, something our world needs in these challenging times. Some find comfort to turn off the news for ...

Dec. 31. Trying to sort out the massive, one-of-a-kind holiday tournament at York is no small task. It runs Friday through New Years ...