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

Alinda is one of the five largest near-Earth asteroids, coming closer than 9.3 million miles until the year 2200.

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 ...

Four astronauts have returned to Earth from the International Space Station, in what was Nasa's first night-time landing in 53 years. The crew - three Nasa astronauts and one from Japan's space ...

By an earth day we mean the length of time earth is exposed to the sun. By night we mean the duration for which the earth does not receive the sunlight. Since the earth takes 24 hours to go ...