People in Northern California will get a chance to view the Quadrantid meteor shower, but only if they are up to either waking up early or staying up really late.

Europa Clipper, which launched in October 2024, will get an energy boost around March 2025 when it flies by Mars, one of our ...

Will the powerful geomagnetic storms of 2024 be repeated in 2025? Here's what the experts think about the prospects for the ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

As friends and family visit, so too do their viruses. What's trending and where? And how can you protect yourself? The Times ...

Some stargazers are calling it a planetary parade: Every other planet in our solar system can be seen in the sky tonight.

As the Earth travels around the sun, it does so at an angle. For most of the year, the Earth’s axis is tilted either toward ...

The first meteor shower of the year peaks on the night of January 2–3. Here’s everything you need to know to watch it and the ...

On Mars, spring explodes into action with violent transformations. Frost avalanches, carbon dioxide gas geysers, and powerful winds reshape its surface, leaving behind stunning patterns like swirling ...

The winter solstice is Saturday, bringing the shortest day and longest night of the year to the Northern Hemisphere — ideal conditions ... As the Earth travels around the sun, it does so at an angle.

Chances are it will do so over the next decade as ... of having a round-the-clock look at all the airspace of the northern hemisphere, looking for potential threats heading America's way.

It feels like winter. It looks like winter ... The solstice marks the moment when the Northern Hemisphere is far from the sun. From this day, the tilt of the Earth's axis starts shifting to ...