Earth's moon is both the brightest and the largest object in the night sky, in terms of apparent size, making it a ...

Sky Shorts author says Orion a favorite constellation, and shares key details to find and appreciate its beauty.

Skygazers, mark your calendars because one of the coolest celestial events is coming around again toward the end of February.

Comet C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) will pass close to the Sun on January 20, 2026, in a brief but powerful solar encounter that will make it a temporary star of the astronomical world. While it isn’t visible ...

Unfortunately for planet hunters, Mercury, Venus and Mars are all too close to the sun to observe; they will come out of the ...

New instrument on William Herschel Telescope spots previously unknown strip of ionized iron atoms at the heart of Ring Nebula ...

At 10:03 a.m. Sunday morning, the sun was directly over the Tropic of Capricorn at 23.5° south latitude, marking the December solstice, and the beginning of winter in the Northern Hemisphere. Other ...

The winter solstice arrived at 7:03 a.m. PST on Dec. 21, making Sunday the shortest day of the year. Those in Seattle will experience just 8 hours and 25 minutes of daylight, with sunrise at 7:55 a.m.

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Yes the darkest day of the year is here, but that means brighter days are ahead. Sunday is the shortest day of the year north of the equator, where the solstice marks the start of astronomical winter.