Choose the date, select Featured News or Conditions and press View. GIVE THE GIFT OF THE PERSEIDS: Do you have a friend or loved one who doesn’t know when to look at the sky? Give them a free subscription to our new Backyard Astronomy Alert Service. Our promise: We will never let you miss another … Read more
2026-08-12T08:03:06.261Z Current weather is looking promising from Scoresby Sund Greetings from Scoresby Sund, Greenland! Wow let’s hope these clear skies remain for totality later today. But there is still a rather long way to go. I’ve got everything crossed! Spirits are high aboard MS Spitsbergen as we all saw a polar bear last night and … Read more
Map shows where a partial solar eclipse will be visible in the U.S. WASHINGTON — A partial solar eclipse will be visible in some parts of the United States on Wednesday afternoon. No part of the US is in the path of totality. The path of totality of the solar eclipse will pass through parts … Read more
In 1958, a year after the Soviets put Sputnik into orbit and shook the confidence of an entire country, the United States Air Force quietly asked a physicist named Leonard Reiffel to study something that sounds almost too dramatic to be real: whether it was possible to detonate a nuclear weapon on the surface of … Read more
Astronomers have published the largest two-dimensional map of the universe ever created, offering a sweeping new view of nearly 4 billion celestial objects across about three-quarters of the sky. The new map, created by the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Legacy Imaging Surveys team, contains a staggering 5.6 trillion pixels and combines more than 263,000 … Read more
The Perseid meteor shower will put on a late summer spectacle in the skies over the United States. The meteor shower, which NASA considers the best of the year, will peak on August 12 and 13. “With fast, bright meteors, Perseids often leave long ‘trails’ of light and color behind them as they pass through … Read more
There’s yet another reason for Californians to keep an eye on the night sky this week. In addition to the annual Perseid shower, a man-made space phenomenon will light up our nights. Experts say there’s a high chance of spotting a “space jellyfish,” a surreal sight that occurs when sunlight reflects off the exhaust plumes … Read more
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Sorry, North America. After winning the cosmic lottery with a pair of coast-to-coast total solar eclipses, it’s now Europe’s turn. But look up to the sky on Wednesday anyway, and if you’re far enough north in the U.S. and Canada, you might get a taste of a partial eclipse as … Read more
On Wednesday, millions of people across Europe will have the chance to experience their first total solar eclipse in 27 years. Starting at 15:34 GMT, the brightness of the daylight hours will gradually be interrupted as the moon begins to block the sun, eventually turning day into sudden night for about two minutes along the … Read more
Space scientists say they have reduced travel time to Mars. NASA’s Marshall said Monday that the agency recently completed testing of a lithium-powered electromagnetic thruster, achieving more than five times the power of existing electric propulsion systems. Combined with a nuclear power source, the new technology could significantly shorten the time it takes to reach … Read more