Lightning happens all the time, but certain parts of the world get far less of it than others, including near the North Pole. Lightning requires atmospheric instability, something that’s set up ...

Most people have never seen the Little Dipper, because most of its stars are too dim to be seen through light-polluted skies.

Europe has many sizeable countries with expansive topographical features to match. Here are the biggest organized from least ...

The earliest light in the universe has been traveling across space since just after the Big Bang. Known as the cosmic ...

I’m astonished by how deeply I’ve come to love this weird and wonderful festival. And by how it is still legal.

In a world that so often encourages women to play it safe, a young Kuwaiti woman named Yasmeen Almane dared to do the un ...

I was looking forward to writing a tribute to clear summer skies and great summer stargazing in the Pacific Northwest.