You thought the brightest star is Polaris, right? Or one of the stars in Orion? Nope! Sirius—the “Dog Star”—never seems to get the recognition it deserves. It’s the brightest star in the night sky by ...

"Dog Days are approaching; you must, therefore, make both hay and haste while the Sun shines, for when old Sirius takes command of the weather, he is such an unsteady, crazy dog, there is no ...

One of the hallmark aspects of the winter Colorado sky is its superb array of bright stars and constellations. The crown jewel in this array is the brightest star in the entire night sky, the sapphire ...

Our January night sky offers up some really amazing sights and some that are better viewed from remote locations. What about something that is equally fascinating and visible from the brightly lit ...

Every night as you lie down to sleep there lies a sky just beyond your roof, full of millions of luminous spheres of plasma, or rather stars. “Sirius” — a star that lies in the Canis Major ...

This ground-based image was taken by Japanese amateur astronomer Akira Fujii and shows a close-up of Sirius. (Akira Fujii, ESA/Hubble - Akira Fujii) Orlando – You know those scorching hot days in ...

NORFOLK, Va. — As temperatures soar and the sun blazes, we find ourselves in the middle of the "Dog Days of Summer." These next few weeks will give us heatwaves and lethargic afternoons, but what ...

There are three dog constellations in the night sky, but the best known are Canis Major and Canis Minor, the constellation Orion the Hunter’s faithful hunting dogs. Canis Major and Canis Minor are ...

Prominent constellations in the February evening sky are Canis Major, Canis Minor, Orion, Gemini, Taurus and Auriga. The winter constellations are so bright because there are simply more bright stars ...