Did you know the Geminids can produce several bright meteors per minute under clear, dark skies? Take this quiz to check your ...

Skywatchers and astronomers alike can view the annual Geminids meteor shower's peak activity wherever the skies are clear on ...

The Geminid meteor shower peaks tonight, offering a spectacular celestial display visible worldwide, though Northern Hemisphere viewers will see more.

The new United States National Security Strategy (NSS) is not, in any meaningful sense, a strategy. A strategy connects means ...

India figures in the NSS but the limited-purpose framing should concern us   The 19th century German statesman Otto von Bismarck once remarked that, “God has a special providence for fools, drunkards, ...

The polar night jet, the high-altitude winter wind that circles the Arctic, acts like a flywheel for the cold season in the ...

The latest data on respiratory illness in the United States shows that shoppers and merry-makers are spreading more than just holiday cheer: They’re also passing around germs. In many cases, it’s a ...

Up to 150 Geminid meteors may brighten the night sky each hour as the shower hits its peak on Dec. 13-14, according to the ...

As of Saturday, Dec. 13, the moon phase is Waning Crescent. This means 34% of the moon is lit up tonight, according to NASA's ...

From the heart of the US colony, a geographer and activist explains that Washington’s “new” security strategy looks a great deal like the old one.

A sleep-inducing molecule humans use to make proteins was found, along with other amino acids, on an asteroid named Bennu.

As the administration enters choppy political waters, it has redoubled its pushback against foreign people, products and ...