That really bright star you can see in the east is, in fact, Sirius. It’s the brightest star in the night sky—and that applies whichever hemisphere you’re in.

Non-twinklers. Incidentally, one way that you can tell the difference between a star and a planet in the night sky is that planets do not appear to twinkle, or at least not very much.

Planets, innumerable twinkling stars and bright meteors are good reasons to look up. ... even without a designation there are locations in the U.S. that put on brilliant night sky shows.

The brightest star in the night sky is the Sirius star. According to NASA , it is over 20 times brighter than our sun and twice as massive, though it might not appear that way to the naked eye ...

While the Dog Star is best seen before dawn, it rises in the middle of the night, so you may also see it twinkling in the southeastern to southern sky after midnight if you’re up late.

When you look up at the night sky, you may also notice that some stars appear to shift between different colors as they twinkle. Sirius , the brightest star in Earth's night sky, is a classic example.

Look up at the sky on a clear night in a dark area, and the stars appear to twinkle. The concept is so well established that it's the premise of one of the most popular children's songs of all ...

Large stars aren't that hard to find. When we look up at the night sky we see them all around us. Small stars, on the other hand, are difficult to observe. Recently, a group of astronomers at the ...

Sirius can be seen in the southeast sky in the early evening. It is the brightest star in the night sky. Face southeast at 7:30 p.m and you'll see that the belt of the constellation Orion points ...

Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are! Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky. Some people probably believe that the twinkling effect is produced by the stars ...