A dim star in the night sky 3,000 light-years from our solar system could soon become visible ... Trace the Big Dipper's ...

Astronomers measure a star’s brightness using the apparent magnitude system, where lower values indicate brighter stars.

The star is also known as Alpha Virginis and is situated around 250 light-years from Earth. Spica is not a single star, but a binary system ... the bright orange star Arcturus, then 'speed ...

NASA reports that T Coronae Borealis, a white dwarf star 3,000 light-years away from the solar system, will likely ... curve of its handle to go "arc to Arcturus," locating the bright star in ...

The European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope has caught the first-ever direct image of two planets outside the solar system orbiting an Earth-like star. The trio captured on camera ...