On the last day of May, on the brink and verge of summer, Saturday in the District was breezy and bright, stormy and dark, ...

Astro Brief is a collaboration between KSMU, the Missouri Space Grant, and MSU's Department of Physics, Astronomy and ...

For D.C.-area aurora chasers are recommended to scan the northern horizon visually and with a smartphone/camera starting as ...

Also appearing near the moon on the first night of the month is Regulus, the bright pale-blue star in the constellation Leo, ...

Your family doesn’t have to break the bank for summer entertainment. Check out these cheap child-friendly attractions.

Moved to Boston, where he took a job appraising buildings for an insurance company. Became so fascinated with the buildings’ designs that he decided he would become an architect. Enrolled at the ...

Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a nearly 3,000-year-old Mayan complex in Guatemala, revealing sanctuaries, ...

Aurora conditions may be strong enough over the next few nights that the northern lights could be seen visually and with cameras. Here’s when to look up and gaze at the sky.

A new information superhighway involving telescopes, satellites, remote mountain tops, and mirrors is rapidly evolving ...

Earth’s sister planet reaches greatest western elongation and dichotomy as the waxing Moon slides along the ecliptic in the ...

The South Algonquin Township Libraries, with branches in Whitney and Madawaska, will be hosting Astronomy in Action on June 5, which they dub “a spectacular first-time event bringing the cosmos ...

A brilliant meteor streak is captured as it plunges through Earth's atmosphere over Kitt Peak National Observatory in Tucson, ...