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The January 2026 full moon is upon us! Here’s what to expect when the “Wolf Moon” prowls over the horizon tonight, kicking off a spectacular natural light show as the

2025 saw a lull in solar eclipse excitement. Sure, there was a dramatic sunrise solar eclipse in the northeast U.S. and Canada back in March, and another in New Zealand

Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered a new type of cosmic object, a cloud of dark matter and gas that contains no stars. The object, located around 14

Tron: Ares | Streaming on Disney+ January 7 – YouTube Watch On “Tron: Ares” hit a bit of a bumpy road when it was released in theaters back in October

Skywatchers in the Southern Hemisphere were in for a rare treat as two planets formed a recent conjunction in the night sky. Mars (seen in the upper track) and Venus

The U.S. capital was just moonstruck — or at least, the Washington Monument was. An image of NASA’s iconic Saturn V rocket was projected onto the monument at night between

When it comes to greenhouse gas emissions, carbon dioxide gets the lion’s share of global attention. But methane is the second-largest contributor to human-caused global warming. A high proportion of

Refresh Get notified of updates Comet 3I/ATLAS has last hurrah this week (Image credit: 3I/ATLAS inset (NASA, ESA, STScI, D. Jewitt (UCLA). Image Processing: J. DePasquale (STScI)). Graphic created in

Activity on the sun is not constant; it varies along a cycle of about 11 years. The peak of this solar cycle — called solar maximum — is when sunspots,

Jekyll and Hyde and the Wolfman better watch out. They have stiff new competition for the most fearsome and beastly transformation from mild-mannered to raging beast from the galaxy known,