And speaking of the break of dawn, that happens nowadays at around 5:15 a.m. local daylight time. And that's the time for ...

Stargazers in the U.S. will witness the razor-thin waning crescent moon rise close to Venus and the bright star Regulus in ...

David Baron's "The Martians" plumbs the depths of America's fascination with Mars at the turn of the 20th century.

Plus, catch Saturn and Neptune at their brightest; spy the "string of pearls" galaxy; and a close encounter of the moon and ...

For September 2025, the full moon, the Harvest Moon, occurs on September 7. It is a total lunar eclipse, but on the other ...

Our closest celestial neighbor shines brilliantly in the night sky, often mistaken for a star, yet beneath its dazzling glow ...

With two lunar eclipses, September 2025 will bring even more shocking shakeups and opportunities to move in bold and ...

In Swiss folklore, the Stollenwurm was a fire-breathing serpent with the face of a cat - a guardian of secrets, treasure, and ...

Bus-size asteroid races towards Earth today. Will it pass by or endanger our planet? The newly discovered space rock, named 2025 QV5, will pass safely at 500,000 miles. Scientists confirm no danger ...

When asked who was the first to propose the heliocentric theory—that is, the one in which the Sun is the center of the ...

I have to admit that sometimes it’s really hard to come up with a column topic to write about. Some weeks, there is no big issue or news that really grabs my attention. Or I just don’t have a strong ...

A research team led by geophysicists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography provides an explanation for ...