The cold bites at my toes as I try to navigate the darkness, the temperature plummeting into negative double digits as I ...

A Learjet will depart from Wichita this week as pilots try to fly to the South Pole, then the North Pole and back to Wichita in three days. The “Polar Mission,” more formally known as polar ...

If you’ve been following my column for a while, you know that there are many kinds of constellations in the sky. You also know that most of these look ...

Even if you’re new to stargazing, no doubt you’ve seen the seven bright stars that outline the Big Dipper, and this time of ...

At 41 degrees south latitude, you would see seasonal changes of all of the southern hemisphere stars. The circumpolar ...

April 21 - 28 is International Dark Sky Week, a global celebration of the night sky during which like-minded organizations ...

Lightning near the North Pole reveals dramatic climate changes as Arctic temperatures rise and storms intensify.

The Jackson Hole Airport in Grand Teton National Park joins more than 80 other internationally recognized dark sky places in ...

A rare alignment of the moon and three planets will give millions a reason to look up — and the view could leave stargazers ...

A giant sequoia located in Sequoia National Park in California, the General Sherman is 52,500 feet in volume and is more than ...

Ice and snow reflect a lot of sunlight, back out into space; but Earth’s major sunscreen is cloud. Clouds, especially over ...

In a memorable image from the 1977 film "Star Wars," the young hero Luke Skywalker gazes at two suns setting above the ...