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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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. Despite that distance, ...

Rigel is the second-brightest star in the winter football, and by far the most powerful star. It’s almost as bright as Sirius from our view but it’s a lot farther away, around 800 light-years ...