When life gets too hectic, some folks turn to slow TV for a spot of meditative distraction. It might be a view of the passing scenery in a 10-hour train journey, footage of fish swimming around in ...

Why is the sky blue on Earth, yet space appears pitch black? This video uncovers the science behind one of nature’s most ...

After travelling 3,000 years through the galaxy, light from an exploding star will soon appear in our night sky, in what astronomers say is a “once-in-a-lifetime” cosmic event.

The northern lights flare in the sky over a farmhouse, late Friday, May 10, 2024, in Brunswick, Maine. AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty ...

Weather Cosmic lineup coming: 3 planets, Moon to take over our morning sky Published: Jun. 27, 2024, 6:54 a.m.

Look to the eastern sky and find Venus, visible as a bright magnitude -4.43 'morning star' close to the horizon.

Jupiter and Saturn are set to align closer than they have in nearly 800 years on Dec. 21, but ahead of the main event, the two planets will form a cosmic triangle with the crescent moon.

Skywatchers who rise before dawn this week will get a chance to peep a cosmic treat. With the naked eye, Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn can be seen lined up across the southeastern sky before ...

This compressed view of the entire sky visible from Hawai'i by the Pan-STARRS1 Observatory is the result of half a million exposures, each about 45 seconds in length, taken over a period of 4 years.