We went outside and I asked him to find the Big Dipper, the easily identifiable pattern of stars that make up a portion of the constellation Ursa Major. I reminded him that we could always see the Big ...

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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Vahe Peroomian, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences (THE CONVERSATION) ...