Get ready to embrace the darkness during the longest night of the year ‒ the winter solstice. The solstice occurs at the same time everywhere on Earth, this year it happens Dec. 21 at 4:21 a.m ...

Notoryctes typhlops, or southern marsupial mole, is found across the deserts of central and southern Australia. It is also called itjaritjari by the local Indigenous Aṉangu peoples.

As Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS approached, it first graced the Southern Hemisphere with pre-dawn naked-eye views. This shot was taken from Farm Tivoli in Namibia on Sept. 30, 2024, a few days after ...

Six tropical cyclones spin in the Southern Hemisphere on Feb. 25, 2025. The five storms included Tropical Cyclone Honde off the coast of Mozambique, Africa; Garance, near Madag ...

At 4:20 a.m. ET, the solstice will take place, marking "the beginning of winter in the Northern Hemisphere and summer in the Southern Hemisphere," according to NASA.

One member of this stellar quartet — Sigma — provides the Southern Hemisphere’s best Pole Star. The actual pole resides a bit more than 1° from Sigma, ...

Notoryctes typhlops, or southern marsupial mole, is found across the deserts of central and southern Australia. It is also also called itjaritjari by the local Indigenous Aṉangu peoples.