Alcor, a star in the middle of the Big Dipper's handle, has a newly found red dwarf companion (circled in green). Project 1640 astronomers discovered the faint star by blocking out almost all of ...

The image of nearby galaxy Messier 81 was captured by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. The galaxy is located in the northern constellation of Ursa Major (which also includes the Big Dipper).

The galaxies were found in the same path of the night sky—close to the Big Dipper—where the iconic Hubble Ultra Deep Field image was taken. When JWST began operations last summer several ...