As scattered snow showers taper off this evening, temperatures continue to plummet. By daybreak Sunday, lows will be around 10 degrees with wind chills below zero. Morning clouds give way to breaks of ...

“When it’s brightest, Venus appears as an eerily eye-catching beacon,“ EarthSky wrote. ”Many mistake it for a UFO. It’s ...

Welcome to Smartphone Picture of the Week! Each week, we select and share your best smartphone photos in an online feature ...

Imagine for a moment the tenacious men and women engaged in the economic pursuit of gold—not merely by moving the ...

The iridescent cloud reveals new clues about ice formation in the Martian atmosphere (no little green men, sorry).

Jupiter’s famous clouds aren’t ammonia ice but a murky mix of chemicals, sitting lower in the atmosphere than expected. For years, astronomers believed that Jupiter’s upper clouds — responsible for it ...

All the snow on the ground has melted except where the shadow casts from the fence. That is snow that has not yet melted! It ...