Sky watchers are in for a treat on Christmas Eve as the waxing crescent Moon, Jupiter, and Saturn create a stunning celestial display. The trio will be visible in the evening sky on Wednesday, Dec. 24 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Depending on where you are in Texas, you may see some orange skies over the next couple of days. And no, we're not talking about sunsets. In the Lone Star State, the sky can take on an orange or red ...

The bright multicolored lights of the aurora borealis have been spotted shining in the sky above Iowa City. This breathtaking phenomenon is usually reserved for areas closer to the Earth’s poles, but ...