Sirius “The fiery one,” the brightest star in the sky Combining the northern and southern hemispheres, Sirius takes the top spot on the podium. Impossible to miss on a clear winter evening ...

T his time last year, astrophiles were gearing up for a "once-in-a-lifetime" spectacle—only it never happened. The celestial ...

The Sirius star is also called the Dog star ... The Canis Majoris, pictured here, appears close to Orion's Belt in the night sky. No. The North Star, called Polaris, is actually much dimmer ...

The constellation Puppis the Poop is the high stern of the Great Ship Argo Navis. The Milky Way runs right through the middle ...

You can tell spring has officially begun in the Northern Hemisphere just by looking at the stars. Here's how to easily spot ...

When the dwarf reaches 1.4 times the mass of the Sun, the star spontaneously detonates in a fantastically bright thermonuclear blast. Nothing remains of the dwarf except debris. The Sirius system ...