An astronaut’s photo from the International Space Station captures crepuscular rays and cumulonimbus clouds, revealing a ...

The Taurid meteors will appear to originate from the constellation of Taurus, hence their name, but they will be visible from anywhere in the night sky. Taurus will rise in the eastern sky around ...

Nike is launching its Book 1 “Court Purple” sunset sneakers to celebrate the beautiful colors of the sky during sunset in Phoenix, Arizona.

Monday evening (Nov. 4), the night before Election Day, will bring a lovely celestial display involving the two brightest ...

Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes ...

This month, catch planetary views of Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars, witness a close pass of the Parker Solar Probe by Venus, and ...

Lakeside Park Beach on Lake Winnebago is the kind of place that makes you wonder why you ever bothered with crowded ocean ...

Not a regular knot, mind you, but the world’s largest square knot, proudly displayed in Hudson, Illinois. In a world where cities compete for attention with increasingly outlandish attractions, Hudson ...

Growing up in Long Beach, California, his parents adhered to a creationist view of the universe. But young Koerner caught ...

Night sky observers always factor in the moon to determine the best time for astronomy viewing, especially for the two meteor ...

Our views of several planets improve this month, most notably that of Jupiter, which approaches its closet approach to Earth ...

Mercury is well placed in the SW evening skies the first two weeks of November, but is lost in its glare by Thanksgiving. Venus dominates the SW sky, getting closer and brighter but also shrinking in ...