Look west and see the sun set. Look east, the full moon rises. Seeing this phenomenon is impressive, but not unique, according to the Journal's astronomy expert, Kevin McKeown. In April, September, ...

The Sun's activity typically peaks at solar maximum, but there's an even more dangerous stage it could enter, and with ...

Expect an uptick in aurora sightings near the spring equinox on March 20, as celestial geometry swings in favor of ...

The sun has an orbit of its own in the Milky Way ... At its strongest point, which is at the equator, centripetal acceleration only counteracts Earth's gravity by about 0.3 percent.

Equator, a climate tech VC firm, closes first fund at $55 million to support seed and Series A startups in energy, ...

For the past four months, we’ve been on standard time. But overnight Saturday, we’ll turn our clocks ahead one hour at 2 a.m.

Astronomers said the Sun and the Moon cannot appear brightly side by side on the horizon, contrary to social media posts that ...

As sunspots emerge on the sun's surface close to its equator, their orientations will match the old magnetic field, while sunspots forming closer to the poles will have a magnetic field matching ...

Identifying the seven continents, five oceans, the Equator, the Northern and Southern Hemisphere and the North and South Pole. and The Arctic Ocean. I orbit around the sun. Not that fast!

The first day of spring astronomically is March 20 and meteorologically is March 1. Astrological spring is tied to the rotation of the Earth and the exact moment the sun crosses the Equator. The ...

We are almost there, folks. As we speak, the sun’s subsolar point is racing northward, toward the celestial equator. In about a week, the vernal equinox will finally bring the official start of ...