United Nations cultural agency UNESCO has designated 26 new biosphere reserves across 21 countries to tackle biodiversity ...

This comet is best seen through a telescope or binoculars, but it may be visible to the unaided eye for the next two weeks!

Comets SWAN and Lemmon will both swing by Earth and appear bright in the sky near the end of October. Here’s how to see them.

Observing the Pleiades through a pair of binoculars or a 6-inch telescope will reveal dozens of energetic young stars, including the seven most prominent stellar bodies from which the cluster got its ...

Brace yourself, as the week ahead will certainly bring some ups and downs. The most important cosmic event to note this week ...

Over the weekend the Scottish Greens met in Edinburgh for our autumn conference and there was a lot to celebrate.

Comets Lemmon and SWAN are making their closest approach to Earth in a rare cosmic treat. Can you see it in NJ? Here's timing ...

They call it dark matter—an invisible substance thought to make up most of the universe’s mass, sculpting galaxies and ...

The defending champs always start the season on top of these NBA Power Rankings (unless someone goes full Mark Cuban and ...

Mars is within 5 degrees of Mercury from Oct. 12 through Oct. 29, but is much fainter. On the evening of Oct. 19, the two planets will appear closest together, just 2 degrees apart. About 30 minutes ...

One of the classic constellations of the night sky is Pegasus, the flying horse. The heavenly horsey is currently soaring in ...

Yewande Oluwole, 5, and her sister Jadesola, 3, love astronomy and can name every planet—even the dwarf planets. But peering ...