A dim star in the night sky 3,000 light-years from our solar system could soon become visible to the naked eye for the first time since 1946 — and you can easily find it in the night sky.

Today, Venus is referred to as the "Christmas Star" because it will be the brightest object in the sky, besides the moon and sun, Throop said. Stars can be seen in the night sky.

The brightest star in the night sky belongs to Sirius, or "Dog Star," whose magnitude is -1.46, says Space.com. Astronomers believe that T Crb is 3,000 light-years away from Earth.

A nova named T Coronae Borealis is expected to decorate the night sky between February and September 2024 for the first time in 80 years. Here's how you can see the event.

The strange celestial object, located some 1,300 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cygnus, behaves unlike any star scientists have ever seen. Several years ago, researchers working on ...

For some reason most people think the North Star—called Polaris—is the brightest star in the night sky, probably because it’s one of the few that they can easily name.