The Perseid meteor shower is visible from Thursday, July 17th, through late August. The onset of the showers this week aligns with a last-quarter moon phase, meaning the skies will be dark enough to ...

A colossal filament eruption on the sun's northeastern limb has created a 250,000-mile-long canyon of fire, triggering a ...

On average, from the point of view of the sun, the Earth completes one full rotation around its axis every 24 hours or 86,400 seconds, give or take a few milliseconds. A millisecond (ms) is 0.001 of a ...

The U.S. is the world’s largest producer of oil and natural gas. There are almost 1 million producing wells across the country, and many of these are located in or near residential areas. This puts ...

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The Perseid meteor shower starts July 17 and peaks Aug 12-13, but a bright full moon will hinder visibility, making the best times to before and after its peak.