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Also called the Dog Star, it's the brightest star in the night sky

In 1992 cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev returned home after nearly a year aboard this space station

Most of the meteors in a meteor shower are debris left behind by one of these tailed bodies

It's the only star on which astronomers have observed spots

The next time we'll be able to see this famous object from Earth is in 2134; reserve your seats now

Betelguese is a red supergiant in this constellation of the hunter

CP 1919, the first of these ever found, emits bursts of radiation every 1.337 seconds

In 1504 Columbus scared the locals in Jamaica when he predicted one of these

Though it's currently Polaris, Vega will become this directional star around 14,000 A.D.

In 1973 Alan Bean spent nearly 2 months aboard this U.S. space station