The Aurora Borealis stunned the nation last year, with dazzling light displays being visible as far south as Dorset, Essex, Cambridgeshire ...

Mercury is the month's highlight, reaching greatest elongation July 4. Also on show in the Southern Hemisphere: Mars, Saturn, ...

July is an excellent month for astrophotographers. The clear summer skies and warm nights help, but what will excite night sky-watchers are its three meteor showers, striking lunar conjunctions and ...

Because Earth moves in an elliptical orbit around the sun, being further away means it travels slower along its orbit. This ...

Stargazers may catch a cosmic light show this Fourth of July weekend when the Milky Way appears in the night sky across the ...

From sweltering temperatures and summer thunderstorms to an upward swing in hurricane season, July can be a busy month for ...

The study questions the long-held belief that northern Africa became arid around 3 million years ago, which coincides with ...

It's the last moon in June, and there are plenty of geological features to see, even without a telescope, all thanks to the ...

This full-disk image from NOAA’s GOES-13 satellite was captured at 7:45 a.m. EDT (11:45 UTC) and shows the Americas on June ...

During the Northern Hemisphere’s summer solstice, the upper half of the earth is tilted toward the sun, creating the longest ...