The only evening planet for July is Mars, faint red in the west at dusk, and getting lost in the Sun’s glare by August. High ...

I was looking forward to writing a tribute to clear summer skies and great summer stargazing in the Pacific Northwest.

Read What are asteroids?Asteroids are rocky objects that orbit the Sun just like planets do. In fact, sometimes asteroids are ...

Lightning happens all the time, but certain parts of the world get far less of it than others, including near the North Pole. Lightning requires atmospheric instability, something that’s set up ...

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

The new moon occurs on June 25. A day later, Mercury reaches its highest point in the evening sky, and on June 27, the young ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected clouds made of silicates, similar to sand here on Earth, as well as water, methane and carbon monoxide on exoplanet VHS 1256 b. The exoplanet is more ...

Fasting in the sense of not eating for a specific time upavasa or abstaining from specific substances during certain periods is a wellestablished part of all Hindu spiritual practices In the early tim ...

"This monochrome view is the last image taken by the imaging cameras on NASA's Cassini spacecraft," NASA explains of the ...