For decades, Saturn’s upper atmosphere has been one of the solar system’s great enigmas. Even the Cassini spacecraft, which orbited Saturn for over a decade, had difficulty catching clear signals from ...
A new look at radio maps of the sky shows a pronounced tilt, called a dipole, that astronomers are still unable to explain ...
On a cool night in August, more than 100 people gathered in a dark corner on Frisco Main Street. The lights at the Frisco ...
Pegasus the Winged Horse might be the most well-known horse-themed star pattern in the sky, but he is not alone. Once you find Pegasus, slowly sinking in the west this evening after sunset, next ...
From twinkling constellations to stellar life cycles, this starry skywatching quiz will test your cosmic knowledge.
COLORADO — We get plenty of sunny days in Colorado. You probably know that we have longer days in the summer, and shorter days in the winter. But, the path the Sun takes through Colorado's sky is more ...
It's great to see old astronomical observations come to light. Not only can these confirm or refute what's known about ...
Set your eyes on the skies. Parts of the United States might get a chance to experience the northern lights again this year — just in time to coincide with the Perseid meteor shower. According to a ...
The hunt for nectar can take honeybees kilometers away from their hive into unknown territory—and yet, they always find their way back. The sun's position in the sky serves as a kind of compass for ...