Summer nights mean late sunsets and lingering twilight, hardly a recipe for great night-sky observing. But this January ...

The first and one of the most prolific meteor showers of 2025 will peak tonight, bringing super-bright fireballs and regular ...

While most meteor showers originate from comets, the Quadrantids come from asteroid 2003 EH1 — a small asteroid that was ...

Whatever you might have heard or read about toilets flushing, the direction of spin is determined by the design of the toilet ...

The winter solstice is Saturday, bringing the shortest day and longest night of the year to the Northern Hemisphere.

This means that each year, as Earth orbits the sun, there are periods when the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the sun and receives more sunlight, resulting in summer, and times when the ...

Or be patient: Starting Sunday, days will get a little bit longer in the Northern Hemisphere every single day until late June. These annual changes in sunlight as the Earth revolves around the sun ...