This month's full moon reaches peak illumination at 12:56 p.m. EDT (17:56 GMT) and is known as the 'Flower Moon' to some in ...

The upcoming Flower Moon peaks on Monday, May 12, at 12:56 p.m. EDT when the sun is still bright overhead, according to the ...

Jackie explains that a laser inside the tubes is split, bounces off mirrors, and goes straight back to sensors at the center ...

May 1, 2025 — The European Space Agency's Gaia mission has spotted an unusual family of stars all strangely eager to leave home -- a family we couldn't have discovered without the star-surveying ...

As the night sky became polluted with light from electrified cities, people built planetariums. Today, they’re more ...

In shallow coastal waters around the world, mud and other fine-grained sediments such as clay and silt form critical blue ...

Conventional helium production comes with enormous carbon emissions, so scientists are looking for alternatives in places ...

A cat is recovering after seemingly surviving a fall at Bryce Canyon National Park. It was found in a carrier near the bodies ...

Telescopes provide closeup views of Jupiter and its four largest moons discovered by Galileo, and of Mars. Although Mars is ...

In June 2024, a 78-year-old ranger, Tom Lorig, died due to injuries he sustained after he tripped and fell while on duty. Tom ...

A surprisingly well-formed spiral galaxy has been spotted just a billion years after the Big Bang, challenging long-held ...

A newly spotlighted artifact from ancient Mesopotamia is offering a rare window into how one of the world’s earliest ...