Cameras and NOAA weather satellites captured the moment when a meteor exploded into a brilliant fireball over the western U.S ...

The sky appears blue due to the scattering of sunlight by atmospheric gas molecules. Shorter blue wavelengths scatter more than longer wavelengths lik ...

For the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai, it took planning and water. “The desert golf courses are actually the most ...

Scientists have calculated the Earth to be 4.54 billion years old, with an uncertainty of 50 million years on either side.

Picture it: Clean, crystal-clear oceans, lush forests, vibrant coral reefs, and blue skies. Each creature has its place ... I ...

One witness in Minnesota noticed a distant flash and turned his head just in time to witness the “very bright” fireball as it ...

This list of commonly confused terms in astronomy will help you better understand the cosmos and the common phenomena we see in the sky.

In 1974, astronomers sent a call out into the cosmos from a massive telescope in Puerto Rico. The anniversary of the message brings reflections on a new missive to the stars and grief for a lost ...

There is no sight more gratifying to me than the open road, for the open road allows the body to wander and the mind to […] ...

Magnesium meteors burn sky blue as they plummet toward Earth ... Orion at about 11 p.m. The solar system's most-distant ...

These ejections can collide with Earth’s magnetosphere ... flickers that have fascinated humans for millennia. Whether hues of green, red, blue and even pink dance about in the sky is due to the ...