Most everyone has heard the phrase “Dog Days of Summer.” We use it to describe the hottest part of summer. But do you really ...

You may have heard the phrase "the dog days of summer," but do you know the science behind the saying? Hint: it's got nothing ...

This small dwarf star is at its best viewing position in its obit around the primary star Sirius A in, in 2023. The trick in seeing Sirius B is trying to block out the light of the bright star.

Instead, the dog days refer to Sirius, the brightest star in the constellation Canis Major, which means “big dog” in Latin and is said to represent one of Orion’s hunting dogs.

The brightest star in the night sky is the Sirius star. According to NASA, it is over 20 times brighter than our sun and twice as massive, though it might not appear that way to the naked eye.

To an untrained eye, the night sky appears very much a mystery. The multitude of stars that join our planets in populating an evening sky are fairly anonymous. The brightest star, and the nearest ...

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 ...