Sirius, one of the nearest stars to our solar system, will be briefly occulted by a three mile-wide asteroid called 4388 Jurgen, but only for those inside a narrow path through Mexico, US, and Canada.

The brightest star in the night sky is Sirius, also known as the "Dog Star." Here's when, where and how to see it—and glimpse its rainbow of colors.

Step outside this week at around 9 p.m. local time and look roughly one-third of the way up from the southern horizon to see Sirius is the Dog Star.

The “Dog Days” of summer ended earlier this month and now you can find Sirius, the Dog Star (because it’s in the constellation Canis Major, “The Great Dog”), in the morning sky.

The ancient Greeks and Romans blamed hot summer days on the rising of Sirius, the Dog Star, which is part of the constellation Canis Major. You, too, can blame Sirius for the hot weather or you can ...

Published in 2012, The Dog Stars is set in a near future where an unnamed pandemic has decimated American society. The story follows Hig (Elordi), a civilian pilot living a lonely life on an ...

The so-called dog days of summer ended Aug. 11 with the return of the dog star Sirius to the predawn sky. SPACE.com offers skywatching tips to spot Sirius, the brightest star in the sky.

For more on "The Dog Stars" visit the Random House website. Jeff Glor Since joining the network in 2007, Glor has reported from every state and been around the world multiple times to cover the news.

Our narrator and guide to this not-so-brave new world is Hig, a pilot, who lives in an abandoned airport in Colorado with his old dog, Jasper, sleeping under the stars and making up constellations ...

The Dog Stars by Peter Heller was one of Oprah's 2012 'books of the month.' It belongs to that increasingly popular genre known as 'post-apocalyptic fiction' which uses the crucible of a global ...