Dr Mason says: “In the high Arctic, Greenland and Iceland, cloud cover is at least 80 per cent and, in many places, over 90 ...

Harvey joined the National Solar Observatory in 1969 and led the team that developed GONG, the Global Oscillation Network Group. Six of the instruments are now spaced across the Earth.

U-M astronomers are helping study a fast-moving, ancient, and massive comet that formed beyond our galaxy. A group of ...

NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatories have produced groundbreaking data about global warming and crop health. Trump wants the ...

Inca society kept records by encoding information into knotted cords called khipu. A new analysis of hair woven into these ...

Venus, Jupiter, Saturn and a faint Mercury are visible this month to the naked eye, and the best chances to spot them are ...

Greenwich’s iconic Planetarium will close for two years as part of a huge project to regenerate the Royal Observatory.

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Perseid meteor shower peaks August 12–13 with up to 100 meteors/hour; watch live or catch fireballs before dawn.

The total solar eclipse on Aug. 12, 2026, will offer some fabulous travel options. Here are some adventures to consider.

Chile's the CiELO project is opening new frontiers in the study of how galaxies form and evolve, positioning the country as a ...

Cooling in the upper atmosphere from rising CO₂ could make future geomagnetic storms deliver sharper jolts especially to ...