The glorious river of stars, interwoven with dark dust, that makes up the plane of the Milky Way in the night sky may have ...

An interest in understanding the role that the Milky Way played in Egyptian culture and religion has led University of ...

(Why is the sky blue? Learn about it with your kids.) The aurora borealis lights up the night sky behind Iceland's iconic Kirkjufell volcano. Auroras are caused when charged particles from the sun ...

the manta ray. On the night of March 4, their creation, the Sea Guru II, which measures 3 meters in length and width and stands 1.5 meters tall, successfully completed a landmark 2,000-meter deep-sea ...

This annual shower is expected to reach its peak and generate its highest number of shooting stars during the late-night hours on April ... The radiant is the point in the sky from which meteors ...

Skygazers are still waiting for the celestial event of the year, when a dance between two stars 3,000 light-years away ends in a massive explosion and creates a new dazzling temporary "star" in ...

In fact, these endangered, SUV-sized creatures (the wingspan of the largest female manta rays ... us a lone ray was approaching, clearly on its way to get de-wormed. That night, sitting down ...

Lowell Observatory Director of Science Gerard van Belle in Arizona said astronomers know this event will unfold in the night sky soon(ish) because it has happened before and is so bright it can be ...

Broomfield Council on the Arts and Humanities will host its third annual art gala next month. The gala will include acrobatic circus performances, a creative immersion room, cocktails, desserts and ...

As an amateur astronomer, Nicole can be found looking up at the night sky appreciating the marvels of our universe. She is the editor of the Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada and ...

It is not as strong as the sun, but fitted with a powerful 3,333-watt light source—the equivalent of a typical flood lamp in a stadium—it is enough to turn night into day instantaneously.

Ruby Sky Stiler was born in 1979 in Portland, Maine, and lives and works in New York City. Her monochromatic sculptures and reliefs draw upon a wide range of cultural references, evoking the forms of ...