The town of Utqiaġvik, Alaska, is experiencing its annual polar night, with the sun setting on November 18 and not rising ...

The Solar Orbiter spacecraft has sent home the highest resolution views of the sun's surface to date, providing fresh views ...

In an article published in the Astronomy & Astrophysics journal, new evidence suggests how supermassive black holes, with ...

In the article published today in the Astronomy & Astrophysics journal, new evidence suggests how supermassive black holes, with masses of several ...

Black holes don't have many identifying features. They come in one color (black) and one shape (spherical). The main ...

Earth’s orbit around the Sun is not circular, but an ellipse. The perimeter of Earth’s orbit is roughly 584 million miles ...

This is a tried and tested method: sailors used celestial bodies for navigation prior to modern technological advancements ... If you can't locate Polaris, the Milky Way can give you a general idea of ...

Saturn will undergo a drastic change in the coming months, at least as the planet is seen from Earth. Here's what's going to ...

This Friday night will be clear, so I highly encourage you to go out and look to the east as the moon rises. It will have ...

Children’s books usually show a moon rising at night, but the moon rises in the sky at night only half of the time. The rest ...

The Moon cycle consists of the following phases; the new and full Moon, plus the first and third quarter. Our expert ...

This November's full moon is a supermoon, meaning it's closer to Earth in its orbit and appears larger and brighter than ...