Sirius in fiction below)—and even if such were eventually discovered, with an estimated age of 230 million years the system is too young to have fostered the development of life or a complex biosphere. Sirius AB is the alpha star of the constellation Canis Major (the great dog, sometimes styled as Orion's hunting dog), whence its cognomen "the dog star". The most commonly used proper name of this star comes through the Latin "Sirius", from the Greek Σείριος ("Seirios", "glowing" or "scorcher"). The ancient Greeks observed that the appearance of Sirius heralded the hot and dry "dog days" of summer, and feared that
The Groove (Sirius XM) Funk and Old School Dance party tracks from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. The channel is also commercial-free and features DJs, most of them veterans of the early days of Urban Contemporary radio, where most of its core music came from. For Sirius listeners, some late-1970s music through the 1990s can be found on its sister The Strobe, Soul Town and Heart & Soul channels, which are also heard on XM. On October 22, 2010, The Groove adjusted its direction to include Dance, Disco, and Freestyle classics after Sirius XM removed The Strobe from the roster and placed the channel