The dogs days of summer are here. “The term ‘Dog Days’ traditionally refers to a period of particularly hot and humid weather ...

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

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

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 ...

Now that we've entered July, it's a hot and sticky time of year in many parts of the world and this period is commonly ...

(WLOX) - The dog days of summer actually have nothing to do with the heat or even a dog for that matter. The dog days of summer refer to the constellation Canis Major. The dog star Sirius is the ...

Step outside this week at around 9 p.m. local time and look roughly one-third of the way up from the southern horizon to see Sirius is the Dog Star.

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 ...

Sirius, one of the nearest stars to our solar system, will be briefly occulted by a three mile-wide asteroid called 4388 Jurgen, but only for those inside a narrow path through Mexico, US, and Canada.

Sirius is highly visible in the Northern Hemisphere's winter night sky, because the star has a high luminosity, or intrinsic brightness, relative to other stars, and because it's relatively close ...

Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky and part of the dog-shaped constellation Canis Major, which is Latin for “large dog.” Sirius also has been called the “diamond collar” as it ...

It is located in the constellation Canis Major, the Big Dog, and is shown on most star maps as fixed in the dog's nose (although in his 1954 book "Find the Constellations," author H.A. Rey refers ...