Following Saturn is Venus, rising in New York at 2:51 a.m. on July 25. Venus is in Taurus, and so bright that it is immediately identifiable; it will look like the brightest "star" in the sky. By ...

The days have been slowly shortening since the Summer Solstice in June, but the change becomes more apparent here in southern ...

The current record-holder occurred on July 5, 2024, when the day lasted 1.66 milliseconds shorter than usual, according to ...

Did you feel it? The planet spun a bit faster last week, by enough to give us our shortest day of the year, so far.

The Southern Delta Aquarids and Alpha Capricornids are not the best showers of the summer, but they reach their peak on the ...

Back-to-back engine failures doomed a privately developed Australian rocket moments after liftoff Tuesday, cutting short a ...

The optimal period for meteor shower viewing is typically in the predawn hours, when the moon is positioned low in the sky, ...

Earth is spinning faster this summer, making the days marginally shorter and attracting the attention of scientists and ...

Consolmagno, who has a prodigious white beard, wavy gray bangs, and dark, beetling eyebrows, is one of fifteen scientists who ...

As researchers work to make death optional, investors see a chance for huge returns. But has the human body already reached ...