About 4.6 billion years ago, our corner of space was basically just a boring cloud of gas and dust floating […] ...

My favorite planet, besides the one I live on, is on the rise in the low eastern sky during evening twilight. It’s Saturn and ...

The sun is setting earlier and the leaves are changing. Here's when, what to know about first day of fall 2025 - autumnal ...

My favorite planet, besides the one I live on, is on the rise in the low eastern Pottsville sky during evening twilight. It’s ...

Welcome to SolarBalls! Enjoy entertaining animations about the solar system and the universe, combining space themes with comedy for an engaging learning experience. This channel is available in ...

The sun is in its most active phase—solar summer—causing auroras and posing real risks to satellites, GPS, and power systems ...

Have you seen the Northern Lights? They're more than just pretty colors; when you see them in Pittsburgh, there's science ...

The Earth stands alone in the solar system as a habitable world, as far as we know. But that doesn’t mean we don’t get visitors, most often in the form of (usually harmless) asteroids. Some even ...

Much as we may treasure and proclaim our independence, we actually live in a protective bubble called the heliosphere.

In a once-a-year event, Saturn is about to reach opposition, with the ringed planet appearing its best and brightest as it ...

So the bottom line is that the gravity of the closer tidal bulge on the Earth is pulling the Moon forward, which increases ...