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

Hubble (who is really named Canid 3942) has been sent by the powerful Greater Dane on a mission from the Dog Star Sirius to make sure dogs have fulfilled this destiny. Despite the best efforts of ...

The brightest star in the nighttime sky, Sirius, or the Dog Star, greatly outshines its white dwarf companion, Sirius B. At 8.6 light-years away, Sirius B is the nearest known white dwarf star to ...

the dog that features the brightest star in the night sky, Sirius. By May, Orion is setting at sunset. Orion’s belt is an asterism of three nearly perfectly aligned stars that make finding Orion ...