A spacecraft has captured detailed images of Mercury's north pole, shedding new light on the mysterious side of the planet.

The European and Japanese robotic explorer swooped as close as 183 miles (295 kilometers) above Mercury's night side before ...

One of the brightest comets in 20 years, Comet 2024 G3 (ATLAS) returns for a close encounter with the sun — but will we be able to see it?

Much of the U.S. is being blasted by ice, snow and wind, as the polar vortex that dipped south over the weekend is ...

Forecasts say a mix of snow, ice and plunging temperatures are set to spread across the USA in the coming days.

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In 2025, the sky will be illuminated by 12 full Moons, plenty of meteor showers, four eclipses and three Supermoons. Here's a ...

Another year of skywatching is upon us, and there's a lot to look forward to in 2025!

A geomagnetic storm is expected to bring the northern lights into view across the northern US on New Year's Eve and New ...

When Bon and Bernice Davis came to Fairbanks in early April 1944, they weren’t looking for the North Pole. As they drove their rental car out of town, they had something else on their mind ...

The Lightning will play their last game before Christmas on Monday when they travel to Sunrise, FL, and take on the Panthers in the second game of their back-to-back series against the reigning ...

Because the North Pole is angled furthest away from the Sun ... Stonehenge and other ancient structures are even orientated to face the sunrise or sunset on the winter solstice. The winter solstice ...