Summer nights offer lots of interesting sights this month. Mercury and Mars are on show in the evening twilight. Both Uranus ...

The birth of a new star seen in 1054, bright enough to dazzle humanity and visible for 20 days. An incredible cosmic event ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has once again unveiled astonishing celestial phenomena, most notably the discovery of ...

As summer deepens in the Northern Hemisphere, a familiar constellation rises with the galactic core of the Milky Way each ...

A ghostly white river is coursing over the continent this month. It isn’t fog, and it isn’t cloud. It’s the packed heart of ...

Why does nobody have their lights on?” Sue Halvorsen remembers her family members asking when they visited her in Cornville ...

Moving from the outer layer inward, the first layer is the corona — the outermost part of the sun’s atmosphere that is actually hotter than the sun’s surface. This is followed by the chromosphere — a ...

Text and photos by Michael J. Meyer Anyone who has visited Ocracoke Island knows how special it is: from stunning sunsets to magnificent views of the Milky Way on a moonless night after a cold ...

Monterey County has long been known as a favorite playground for celebrities. Clint Eastwood still owns the Mission Ranch in Carmel (diners at the restaurant have been treated to his piano playing), ...

The great Orion Nebula is in the sword of Orion, which hangs below the belt. Just like the hunter’s belt, the sword is also depicted by three stars in a row, but they are not quite as bright as ...

This article was originally published with the title “The Great Nebula in Orion” in SA Supplements Vol. 29 No. 738supp (February 1890), p. 11798 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican02221890-11798asupp ...

The great Orion Nebula is in the sword of Orion that hangs below the belt. Just like the hunter’s belt, the sword is also depicted by three stars in a row, but they’re not quite as bright as ...