Planetariums were a hit with the public. Within decades, they had spread around the world – the first planetarium in the ...

Around 1,500 feet of shoreline near Norfolk Southern’s Lamberts Point coal terminal is now protected from erosion by a mix of native plants, marsh grasses, oysters and sustainable grading techniques.

The "new stars" are best seen from the Southern Hemisphere, but people have spotted them from the United States by looking ...

Exploding stars V462 Lupi and V572 Velorum are best seen from the Southern Hemisphere. One has been spotted from the United States.

In an extraordinary celestial coincidence, two "new stars" -scientifically known as novae -are currently visible to the naked ...

Mercury is the month's highlight, reaching greatest elongation July 4. Also on show in the Southern Hemisphere: Mars, Saturn, ...

Using the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA), astronomers have performed large-scale radio observations of a ...

Most people have never seen the Little Dipper, because most of its stars are too dim to be seen through light-polluted skies.

The first test images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile showcase thousands of previously unknown asteroids and ...

Summer Solstice: Summer Officially Begins Today The summer solstice on June 21 marks the longest day of the year with 14 hours and 48 minutes of daylight, officially starting summer in the Northern ...

Each hemisphere is distinct in its own right. An excellent method to comprehend Earth's diversity is to look at the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, which have various seasons and stars in the sky.

This year, the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere occurs at 02:42 UTC on Saturday, June 21, 2025. That means it's at 10:42 p.m. EDT on Friday, June 20 and at 3:41 a.m. BST on Saturday ...