As we head into the New Year 2023, the next clear evening notice how some of the constellations seem to be standing up to applaud. "What in the world is he talking about?" I can imagine readers ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bad news, heat haters: The dog days of summer are not, as Florence Welch once sang, over or done. The dog days of summer, the period during which the star Sirius rises alongside the sun, run from July ...

The evening skies in March offer you a very obvious contrast between seasonal constellations. The plentiful and brilliant stars that make up winter constellations are obvious in the western half of ...

The Sirius star is also called the Dog star. The Dog star is a part of the Canis Majoris, or "Big Dog" constellation. Experts say the best sightings during winter, for those in Northern latitudes. The ...

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 ...

NORFOLK, Va. — As temperatures soar and the sun blazes, we find ourselves in the middle of the "Dog Days of Summer." These next few weeks will give us heatwaves and lethargic afternoons, but what ...

As I write this, we have just finished a much-needed monsoon week. But today the clouds are gone, and the afternoon temperature is back into the 90s. It definitely feels like the dog days of summer ...

If you're a skywatcher and a dog lover, then a special celestial treat is in store for you this week. Most stargazers are familiar with the figure of Orion the hunter, with his crosswise belt and ...