New Yorkers and out-of-town visitors alike gathered across the city Monday afternoon to take in the partial solar eclipse. Watch parties were held at sites throughout the five boroughs, including ...

The summer solstice this year happens at 7:42 p.m. on Friday, June 20, in the Bay Area. Here’s what to know: In the Northern Hemisphere, it occurs when the North Pole attains its maximum tilt toward ...

A new book shows that the Northern Dene people of Alaska and Canada have known far more about the stars than an earlier ...

Two satellites’ highly precise alignment allows scientists to study the sun’s outer atmosphere like never before ...

Seeing a total solar eclipse can be even more impressive than ... The United Launch Alliance liftoff planned for Monday with dozens of new satellites to join Amazon's "Project Kuiper" mission ...

The first Manhattanhenge of the year happens on May 28 Gary Hershorn/Getty Manhattanhenge is a unique solar phenomenon in which the setting sun aligns perfectly with New York City's street grid ...

A harrowing map shows the catastrophic damage that a nuclear bomb would inflict on New York City, with certain areas being ...

The next solar eclipse is a little way off, scheduled to happen primarily in Europe on 12 August 2026, but with summer upon us, there's plenty of opportunity to get a better look at our sun as it ...

Like much of the advice proffered in “Lunar Eclipse,” it’s pretty obvious, but at least it’s served here with grace and heart. Ms. Gardner has written about theater and music for The New York Times, ...

Mizar, a star in the Big Dipper's handle, has a tiny companion. This star, Alcor, was known to the ancients. The pair was ...

British national Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, from Leicester, had plasters on his face and was walking with a limp as he held ...

“This is going to be a great night to view the lights where skies are clear,” Shawn Dahl, a coordinator at NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center, told the New York Times. According to NOAA ...