Worlds will align for a "planetary parade" in January, with four bright and easily visible to the naked eye. But an even ...

Earth is now closer to the sun than at any other time of the year. Here's why our planet's axial tilt, not proximity to the ...

The 2024 winter solstice is here, bringing the darkest days of the year. Here's what to know about daylight savings time.

The part of the Earth facing away from the Sun is in darkness and has night time. So when it is day time we are facing towards the Sun but as the Earth spins and we turn away from the Sun ...

Let’s put a marker on Scotland. When this part of the Earth is facing the Sun it’s day time, when it’s facing away from the Sun that's night time. One spin of the Earth is how we measure one ...

Night on Earth reveals the startling activity of the natural world hiding behind the dark curtain of night. From the producer of Plant Earth II, this six-part Netflix series follows nocturnal animals ...

The solstice occurs at the same time everywhere on Earth, this year it happens Dec. 21 at 4:21 a.m. EST. For the Northern Hemisphere, it marks the astronomical start of winter because the North Pole ...

An asteroid streaked past northern Siberia in the middle of the night Tuesday before burning up in Earth’s atmosphere ... tundra around 4:15 a.m. local time, the European Space Agency wrote ...