Sommarøy’s time-free zone was, in a sense, an attempt by residents to reclaim their connection to a more natural measure of time. After all, every year, the island experiences roughly 1,656 hours of ...

The year’s most memorable moments from astronomy and space exploration include a double-detonating supernova, a private moon ...

Aviation's climate impact is partly due to contrails—condensation that a plane streaks across the sky when it flies through ...

Sky watchers are in for a treat on Christmas Eve as the waxing crescent Moon, Jupiter, and Saturn create a stunning celestial ...

Tis the time of year for making merry, and also for changing seasons. That’s what we’re doing today, Sunday, Dec. 21, at 9:03 ...

The 2025 winter solstice happens on Sunday, Dec. 21, bringing the longest night and marking the start of astronomical winter.

Together, variations in the albedo, its distance from the Earth and sun, and its phases seen from Earth can all cause the brightness of Venus to swing from -4.92 to -2.98, according to a 2018 study.

It’s also the perfect place to learn about the Geminid meteor shower, which peaks this weekend. Texas Standard hit the road ...

When the 3 rd -century Christian theologian Origen of Alexandria attempted to account for the unusual movements of the Star ...

The Saturnian system features multiple observational events, including Iapetus's superior conjunction, a transit of Titan, and various close apparent passes among its inner moons (Dione, Rhea, and ...

December’s supermoon, a phenomenon when the moon is closest to Earth, making it appear larger and brighter, is the last of three in a row in 2025. The Seattle Times does not append comment threads to ...