If you are fortunate to live in the occultation zone and the weather cooperates, this upcoming event is one that really ...

Venus is particularly bright in the night sky this month, outshining even Sirius, the brightest star. For observers at ...

Don't make the mistake of thinking that Polaris is the brightest star in the night sky. It's not. It's merely the 48th brightest. The brightest is Sirius, the “Dog Star,” which rises in November.

Killjoys on social media say there’s no point wishing on stars because they are already dead – but the naysayers are completely wrong.

Sunlight takes 8 minutes and 20 seconds to reach your eyes. Starlight from Sirius, the closest and brightest star visible from the northern hemisphere's night sky, takes 8.6 light years to reach ...

All winter, meanwhile, skywatchers in the Northern Hemisphere will also have the opportunity to spot the Winter Triangle, a formation of three bright stars. Made up of Sirius in the constellation ...