Some people probably believe that the twinkling effect is produced by the stars themselves, but that is not the case at all.

Any day now, a massive stellar blast dubbed "the Blaze Star" could light up the night sky so brightly, you won't even need a ...

What is the bright star in the east right now? Venus, the bright "Morning Star," shines brilliantly in the pre-dawn sky this ...

Vesta has a number of characteristics working in its favor when it comes to its visibility in the night sky. For one, it ...

Sirius, in the constellation Canis Major, is the brightest star in the sky. It’s twice as massive as the Sun. Alpha Centauri is a triple star system, the third brightest and closest star system ...

Meanwhile, astronomers are keeping watch for a rare nova—a sudden explosion of a distant star—that could appear to the naked eye sometime in the coming months. When it happens, the nova will ...

they should appear to emerge from one star in the constellation and one of the brightest stars in the night sky, Vega. However, NASA also recommends looking at the Lyrids away from their radiant ...

It's big, bright, and orange – and could be about to explode. Betelgeuse is a red giant star that shines brightly in the night sky. It makes up one of the "shoulders" of Orion, one of the most ...

We bundled up for the 20-degree weather and I knelt on the ground, cheek pressed to my kindergartner’s cheek, aligning his vision with mine to find Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky.

The stars and constellations of spring may be dominating the night sky, but we’re about ... years from our sun is one of the brightest in the April sky. The winter constellation of Orion may ...

Since 1986 I have had an affiliation with the Hayden Planetarium in New York. My "official" title there is "Associate and Guest Lecturer." Indeed, through all of these years I given scores of ...