New Star

Every night for the past few weeks I've seen a large, bright star in the western sky as I leave for work. I've never seen it before and I wondered about it until I mentioned it to someone else who said it was the Space Station in a very low orbit so it is easily seen by eye. I looked on the internet a bit to see if it was true but could not confirm it. It does make sense though. Now every night I think of it as the space station instead of a star or planet.