There are a host of celestial events to get excited about next year – including a total solar eclipse. Abigail Beall is ...

This under-the-radar Florida state park offers breathtaking night skies, making it a must-visit for stargazing enthusiasts.

It's all about the beauty of the solar system this week, from our own planet Earth to a Martian crater to the wonders of ...

The new moon is the initiatory phase of each month’s lunar cycle, bringing the sun and moon together in the zodiac. This ...

For decades, Venus was a mystery hidden behind thick clouds, and it was the Soviet Union that forced the truth out of it. Their Venera probes punched through crushing pressure and furnace heat long ...

Trainer Jarrod Austin has seen the right signs to suggest stakes-winning mare Terra Mater is more than capable of a ...

When winter sets in, and daylight is gone well before dinner, it’s hard not to notice how long the nights stretch on. For me, ...

For decades, humanity has sought answers to one of the most profound questions in science: are we alone in the universe? The ...

When the 3 rd -century Christian theologian Origen of Alexandria attempted to account for the unusual movements of the Star ...

Van Muir Smith, Suzanne Paris, Seth Abes, and Peter Brennan are the judges favorites in the Youth Fiction category.

December for lovers of astronomy is highlighted by the Geminids meteor shower, as Greg Redern highlights in December’s edition of “Eyes to the Skies.” ...

Standing in Arizona’s largest dry lakebed, Wilcox Playa, astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy steadied himself as freight trains thundered by, threatening to blur the shot that took months to prepare. Th ...