From Mercury’s rare appearance to NASA’s Artemis II launch window, here’s everything to watch in the skies this month.

Keith’s note: Astrobiologist Dale Andersen is heading back in Antarctica at Lake Untersee in January-February 2026 for ...

A rapidly growing sunspot has fired off at least 18 M-class and three X-class flares in just 24 hours, including an intense ...

WASHINGTON — Scientists have devised the most detailed map to date of the terrain hidden below the vast ice sheet blanketing Antarctica, uncovering an exuberant landscape of mountains, canyons, ...

(2024.11.22, 15th day of operation, latitude 82 degrees 18 minutes, cumulative distance 286.35 km, elevation 903 meters) The sun has risen. A vivid sun halo glows against the blue sky. With the sun’s ...

The month is packed with skywatching highlights—including six visible planets, an annular solar eclipse, and the Milky Way’s bright core returning to view in the Northern Hemisphere.

Generations of Times journalists have journeyed there with scientists. Their coverage traces humankind’s changing relationship with the most mysterious continent. Generations of Times journalists have ...

No one won the Mega Millions jackpot in the Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, drawing. The winning numbers for the Jan. 6 drawing were 9, 39, 47, 58, 68, and the Mega Ball was 24. A single ticket sold in ...

It’s time to decide a new athlete of the week. As always, you can nominate any athlete for an upcoming poll by sending their name, sport and stats from the seven days immediately preceding the day of ...

There's a specific kind of person who, as soon as the temperature drops below 30 degrees, doesn't want to watch a cozy rom-com or a feel-good holiday movie. You want to feel the frostbite through the ...