Science

Last week brought exciting news -- of the successful parachute retrieval of material scooped off the surface of an asteroid.

Two major solar eclipses will soon happen. Each will be seen from here to some degree. You certainly want to...

In general, Americans are bad at math. And scoundrels take advantage of this.

Here they come. Already the post-midnight sky is ablaze with more shooting stars than normal. Each night their numbers increase.

We live in one of the world’s safest places in terms of the personal dangers from climate change. Yet, as...

Mars is performing a wonderful, colorful conjunction, and it’s easy to spot. At 9:30 or 9:45, tonight or the next...

Many assume the universe’s underlying nature can be revealed by astronomy or its cousin cosmology. That’s a big change from...

All this year Earth's sister planet has heated up the evening sky like a UFO. You've surely seen that dazzling...

Last week’s news was exciting: A meteor plunged through the roof of a New Jersey home, was scientifically identified by...

When this long cloudy period finally ends, let’s point our eyes toward arguably the most amazing thing in the universe....

Either nature is perfect, or else dark, snakelike patterns slither menacingly through the universe’s appointment calendar, its pages redolent with...

In one of the most egregious science news goof-ups of the past half century, many mainstream media sources urged people...

Venus is the brightest “star” in the cosmos. No wonder civilizations through the ages worshiped it.

The wild concept of a crushed sun started in 1783 with the British natural philosopher John Mitchell. He proposed the...

It’s not just observing eclipses or a planet that creates delight. Celestial knowledge can be just as exciting. Especially when...

Crescent Moon meets Venus over the Alhambra in Seville, Spain. Our region will soon see the Moon meet Venus plus...

It’s the Full Moon this weekend — on Sunday, February 5. Ever since people first looked up, they gazed at...

In 2014, the journal Nature reported that there are more planets than stars in our galaxy. It was an easy...

Rainbow season has now ended. This magical phenom is rare in winter, since it requires a sky with separate clouds...

Get ready for your longest shadow of the year...