Every night as you lie down to sleep there lies a sky just beyond your roof, full of millions of luminous spheres of plasma, or rather stars. “Sirius” — a star that lies in the Canis Major ...

Our January night sky offers up some really amazing sights and some that are better viewed from remote locations. What about something that is equally fascinating and visible from the brightly lit ...

You thought the brightest star is Polaris, right? Or one of the stars in Orion? Nope! Sirius—the “Dog Star”—never seems to get the recognition it deserves. It’s the brightest star in the night sky by ...

One of the hallmark aspects of the winter Colorado sky is its superb array of bright stars and constellations. The crown jewel in this array is the brightest star in the entire night sky, the sapphire ...

The New Year of 2026 began at the stroke of midnight today, and four minutes later the brightest star in the sky, Sirius in Constellation Canis Major — the greater hunting she-dog of Orion —transited ...

I have a late-night assignment for night owls this week. If you can handle the late hour and the January cold, there's something really special waiting for you in the Rochester heavens that will make ...