The zodiacal light shines in the evening as the Moon reaches Last Quarter and skims past Spica and Antares in the sky this ...

Auroras have long mystified humanity. Now that we know what they are and why they happen, we can better predict how best to ...

Without their countless reflective icy chunks adding to our view of ... orbit. (Earth has a 23-degree tilt.) This means that during Saturn’s northern summer, its north pole is tipped toward ...

The moon, nearly two nights past first quarter and appearing as a waxing gibbous phase, 70% illuminated, will appear to stand almost directly ... north or "above" the solar system). Earth's ...

From planets and constellations, to eclipses and the Aurora Borealis, here's what to look for in the sky this spring ...

On Tuesday, the sun rose in Utqiaġvik, Alaska, for the first time since November—but only for a whopping 48 minutes before it set again. The sun appeared around 1:15 p.m. and disappeared just after 2 ...

Aurora also offers two shorter expeditions in 2026: the 17-day Arctic Golden Autumn & Northern Lights itinerary in August and ...

In one of his best stories of all time, our former shooting editor kills an enormous crocodile on safari — or at least, he ...

Peary, claimed to have been the first to reach the North Pole. (Whether he made ... a deed that lifts us above the great monotony of daily life; a view over shining plains, with lofty mountains ...

As new sea passages open up, the commercial and defence possibilities are becoming irresistible. To take advantage, America desperately needs ships ...