Sirius, famously known as the “Dog Star,” is the brightest star in Earth’s night sky and has fascinated humans for millennia.

In some Texas cities, the dog days of summer and the historically hottest days of the year overlap, when you look at ...

Sirius is special, not so much that it is at the top of the list of the 21 brightest stars in the sky, but it also out-dazzles its nearest competitor, Canopus, the second brightest star by 0.8 of ...

Look for them around 10 p.m. local daylight time, roughly one-quarter up in the western sky. In addition to their closeness to each other, look for the orange-gold of Mars and blue-white of Regulus to ...

The International Space Station and China's Tiangong Space Station will be visible for early risers. Here's how to make a ...

The two brightest nighttime stars visible in the Pottsville sky are Sirius and Arcturus. April is the only month of the year when we can enjoy both of them at the same time in the early evening ...

Next to the Sun, Sirius is the brightest star in the sky. Although it is bright, at 8.6 light years away from Earth, it is too far away to heat the Earth.

Four prominent celestial objects — the moon, a bright planet and two bright stars — will come together to form a "celestial ...

TWO new stars have suddenly appeared in the night sky, caused by some of the most powerful explosions in the universe. Two distant stellar explosions have burned so bright that we can now see them ...

While the dates vary from source to source, the term "dog days" generally refers to the 40 days beginning on July 5 and ending on August 11 when Sirius, the brightest star in the constellation ...

It all starts with Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky and the part of the Canis Major that makes up the “snout” of the dog-shaped constellation. And adorably, Sirius seemed to be ...

Sirius, the brightest star of the entire night sky. Sirius can be easily found by following the three stars that make up Orion's belt in a diagonal line toward the horizon.