Called Olbers’ paradox, the seemingly simple mystery of the sky’s darkness is something that stumped astronomers for ...

Sunday, November 24 Venus lingers long after sunset in the last weeks of the month, now setting nearly three hours after the ...

The search for the universe's dark matter could end tomorrow—given a nearby supernova and a little luck. The nature of dark matter has eluded astronomers for 90 years, since the realization that 85% ...

A Sky journalist has suggested that Theo Hernandez might be feeling a bit unsettled at AC Milan after seeing several friends ...

Scientists are delving into the world of sand to better understand its impact on our climate and weather systems. The place they choose to carry out their research might seem surprising. Iceland is ...

Earth, between sweltering Venus and frozen Mars, formed and orbits within a band where water could persist in solid, liquid, and gaseous phases. Mars had surface water, but not as much as Earth, and ...

An event to educate the public on light pollution and the benefits of dark skies will be hosted at the Vienna Community ...

Stargazing is now more popular than ever, with images of the Northern Lights regularly flooding social media causing many of ...

Scientists have spotted microplastics, tiny pieces of plastic smaller than 5 millimeters, in some of the most pristine environments on Earth, from the depths of the Mariana Trench to the snow on Mt.

A Milky Way star cloud filled with billions of suns hovers above the treeline at the end of dusk on Oct. 28. Under dark skies away from city lights, like those found in western Oklahoma and other ...

Cloudy with a chance of axions: An axion cloud around a neutron star ... Since axions are a possible candidate for the ...

Koerner, a retired Northern Arizona University professor, recently lived at the Grand Canyon for six weeks as the park’s ...