In 2026, many people will hear the same strange phrase repeated again and again. The Sun will briefly disappear. It sounds ...

See Jupiter shining like the “Christmas Star” and catch a glimpse of the ISS — aka “Santa’s Sleigh” — in the early morning ...

A number of factors determine the visibility of the moon during the daytime, chief among them the scattering of the sun’s ...

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

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

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

The sun was slung so low in the sky that I felt certain it was close to the evening hour of dinner time. Long shadows cast by ...

A 14%-illuminated waxing crescent moon will hang low in the southwest tonight, soon after sunset, still in Capricorn, with ...

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 ...

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.