The planet’s rotation fluctuates as it travels around the sun, and measurements suggest we’re losing more than a millisecond ...

Fair warning: Four planets start their move into retrograde this week ...

Several planets stand still in the sky, Titan’s shadow transits Saturn, and Venus gives Taurus a second eye in the sky this ...

The coming week will see the gas giant Saturn return to the Northern Hemisphere's late night sky, after spending the last few ...

Celebrate the Fourth with the Fireworks Galaxy, then check out the Demon Star Algol and the Full Buck Moon in the sky this ...

This new dwarf planet may exist at the edge of the solar system, possibly disproving Planet Nine's existence. This is the story of that newly encountered planet.

Dalai Lama's 90th birthday sparks concerns about his succession and the future of Tibetan Buddhism. His legacy of peace and ...

Isolated in the vast Firth of Clyde, Arran is situated just south of the Hebrides and is Scotland's seventh biggest island.

As Earth spins faster than it has in decades, atomic clocks are catching the difference, and shorter days are on the horizon.

Rejoice, the planets are brewing only slightly minor annoyances this week. The Sun is shining bright and so are we. Yes, there are minor annoyances that the planets are brewing, but the guidance ...

When the moon is positioned farther from Earth's equator and closer to the poles, its pull on the planet becomes weaker. With ...

NPR's science podcast Short Wave shares how taking a nap can deliver a eureka moment, a new picture of a planet right after it was born, and how wildfires can affect water quality – after the ...