Venus reaches its point of greatest western elongation on June 1, at which time the dazzling 'morning star' will be at its ...

When my dog, Robin, stretches out in the sun, she is the picture of bliss. And in our human community, sometimes the most modest also imbibe those rays without a lot of fanfare. Rays of recognition.

A coronagraph is a scientific instrument designed to block out the direct light of the sun, so that astronomers ... "There is a bright object on the right edge of the frame coming into view ...

It’s not hard to spot: go out when the sky ... 45 degrees away from the sun. As our star dips below the horizon, darkening the sky, Venus becomes an unmissably bright planetary beacon.

Venus is the third brightest object in the sky, dimmer only than the moon and the sun, but this weekend, it gets just about as bright as it ever can. According to EarthSky, Venus will reach ...

“The sun really triggers the flowering mechanism. It gave us a bonus two months [of wildflower season].” Sunflowers bloom out of the desert floor on a couple of months earlier than normally because of ...

People who sneeze in bright lights, like the sun, may have autosomal dominant compelling ... sneezing is to wear sunglasses when you go out. Antihistamines that typically affect allergies do ...

So if your living room gets drenched with afternoon sun, your TV needs to be especially bright if it stands any chance of overcoming that distracting glare. As the Forbes Vetted consumer tech ...

In the days following the comet's discovery, astronomers worked out its orbit — and ... At its closest to the Sun, the comet was almost as bright as the planet Venus (currently a spectacular ...

I subscribe to The Baltimore Sun to get my Baltimore fix, to see how the Orioles and Ravens are doing, to read the obituaries (unfortunately some familiar names there), and to read Dan Rodricks ...