As of Wednesday, Aug. 13, the moon phase is Waning Gibbous, and it is 79% lit up to us on Earth, according to NASA's Daily ...

The annual Perseid meteor shower will peak overnight Tuesday into Wednesday morning. People in the Northern Hemisphere will ...

The high ground has always held strategic and tactical importance—from mountaintops in ancient battles to the orbital vantage ...

It’s finally time to watch one of the best meteor showers of the year: the brilliant display known as the Perseids. The ...

Meteors from the Perseids meteor shower streak across a partly cloudy sky above Inyo National Forest in Bishop, California, in 2024. Pinkish glow of aurora can be seen to the left of the image, and a ...

Astronaut James Lovell, who was commander of the 1970 Apollo 13 mission that managed to get back to earth safely after an ...

Set your alarm and find a dark sky: the Perseid Meteor Showers hit their peak overnight, with bright fireballs likely even ...

Three-quarters of the global population, or about 6 billion people, live in areas where fresh water has dwindled since 2002.

It'll be an active sky over several days in August 2025, with planets visible, meteor showers and nebulas popping up. Here's ...

It'll be an active sky over several days in August 2025, with planets visible, meteor showers and nebulas popping up. Here's ...

The Perseid meteor shower is considered the best of the year due to the 50 to 100 meteors viewers can see per hour.

It’s easy to feel pessimistic about our future in the face of extreme weather events. The good news? Individual changes can still make a difference.