The National Park Service is hosting its annual Death Valley Dark Sky Festival beginning Friday, Feb. 21 through Sunday, Feb.

Have you ever looked at the beach and wondered how many grains of sand there are? That can be mind-boggling to think about. Scientists estimate that, depending on the grain size and density, a single ...

Spanning 11,000 sq km of protected, pristine wilderness, Jasper National Park offers a one-of-a-kind destination for ...

Astronomers have peered into an alien planet's atmosphere and found extreme weather unlike anything in the solar system.

While the events observed around Sgr A* are dramatic, this black hole is not as active as some at the center of other ...

John Kounios is a professor of psychological and brain sciences at Drexel University. He is co-author of The Eureka Factor: Aha Moments, Creative Insight, and the Brain (Random House, 2015) and ...

Scientists predict Andromeda and the Milky Way will collide in about 4.5 billion years—reshaping the night sky forever!.

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...

Astrotourism is one of this year’s biggest travel trends, as more of us seek out unpolluted skies for a better view of the ...

You shouldn't set your expectations too high, but it will give you enough of a taste to see whether you want to invest in ...

A nebula that neighbors the Milky Way galaxy happens to be a powerhouse of forging stars, "a bouquet of thousands of stars in ...

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...