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 ...

The two brightest nighttime stars visible in the Pottsville sky are Sirius and Arcturus. April is the only month of the year when we can enjoy both of them at the same time in the early evening ...

Is it hot enough for you? Are you out watering the garden twice a day? Could you fry an egg on the hood of your car? Is your ...

Sirius is the brightest star in our night sky mainly because it’s so close, at least relatively. It’s a little over eight light-years away, which equates to about 50 trillion miles.

The dog days of summer” may seem to refer to the hottest days of the year, but the origin of the phrase is actually a little more astrological in nature.

Saturn rises around midnight, and Venus around 2 a.m. Jupiter is low in the east before dawn; Venus is brighter and whiter.

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

Quite simply, it’s unbearably HOT! The ancient Romans called the hottest, most humid days “dies caniculares,” meaning the dog ...

The constellation of Orion is home to some of the brightest and most iconic stars in the night sky. Among these stellar ...

The dog days of summer” may seem to refer to the hottest days of the year, but the origin of the phrase is actually a little ...