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 ...

There are plenty of meteor showers that can be enjoyed from Earth every year, perhaps the most spectacular of all is the ...

Stargazing in July hopefully promises warm nights in Wyoming. The highlight of July evenings is the prominent band of the Milky Way arcing across the dark skies. Along the Milky Way, you’ll spot the ...

Here’s where the northern lights could be visible this weekend, the last time they were seen in Florida and how to find aurora borealis livestreams.

Scientists agreed the rocky outcrops in a remote part of Quebec, Canada, were ancient. But were they really Earth’s oldest?

The star Polaris marks the North Celestial Pole in our sky, around which all other objects in the heavens appear to rotate.

Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in Canada. The Nuvvuagittuq ...