Sirius

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He used the giant telescope to capture the twinkling of Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

Donald Trump has ridiculed Denmark's defence of Greenland as amounting to "two dogsleds", but the Sirius Dogsled Patrol is no joke: the elite navy unit works in extreme conditions where only the toughest survive.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

Four months later, a cover of The Cranberries' Linger for Sirius XM entered the US Top 100 and became the band's biggest song on Spotify, with 223 million plays.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026

Representatives for Sirius declined to comment on the financial terms of the deal.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 16, 2025

If he had known that Sirius was intrinsically brighter than the Sun, he would have come up with almost exactly the right answer: Sirius is 8.8 light-years away.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan