For the August 12 eclipse, Reuben Wu spent days scouting Spain and setting up multiple cameras to document a spectacle that ...

The Perseid meteor shower lit up the night skies over southwest China on Thursday. From Yuanjiang County in Yunnan to Jinfo Mountain in Chongqing, bright meteors streaked across the sky, creating a ...

In the timelapse, on the left limb of the sun—that's the outer edge—we can see what is known as a solar prominence. This bright red structure is evidence of that plasma, extending out from the sun's ...

The 2026 total solar eclipse has come and gone, but that doesn’t mean the wonder has to end. Scientific American contributor and eclipse chaser Lucie McCormick watched the eclipse unfold from central ...

Solar eclipse 2026 - millions watch once-in-a-generation event From the mountains of Spain to the tip of the UK, all eyes were on the skies for the celestial spectacle Neil Stevenson Published 13 ...

Stargazers across Europe were treated to a night of astronomical sights as the peak of the annual Perseid meteor shower followed the finest solar eclipse seen in decades. The Moon obscured more than ...

Stargazers across Europe were treated to a night of astronomical sights as the peak of the annual Perseid meteor shower followed the finest solar eclipse seen in decades. The Moon obscured more than ...

When an adventure ends in tragedy, it serves as a sobering reminder that even the places we love most deserve our respect.

Tonight, Earth plows through a comet’s dust trail: the Perseid meteor shower, up to 100 shooting stars an hour, visible from every state. This year’s peak lands on a new moon, the darkest viewing in ...

Astronomers have obtained the highest-resolution images to date of our sun's visible surface, observing swirling, vortex-like ...

This cinematic timelapse video captures the breathtaking natural beauty and majestic landscapes of the Italian Dolomites, ...

What a storm looks like through the NOAA's GOES-West satellite. Credit: CIRA / NOAA | edited by Steve Spaleta ...