An excerpt from Mark Twain's "Roughing It" recalling an otherworldly sight on the afternoon of July 4, 1863 in Virginia City.

Celebrate the Fourth with the Fireworks Galaxy, then check out the Demon Star Algol and the Full Buck Moon in the sky this ...

Stargazers may catch a cosmic light show this Fourth of July weekend when the Milky Way appears in the night sky across the ...

"The best time to see the Milky Way in (Massachusetts) is from March to September," according to the Capture the Atlas ...

Dragon’s Blood is a low-growing sedum that some might find too fast growing. Leaves are bright green, turning bronze in ...

Norway is full of moments like this: vast and bright, offering a kind of beauty that makes you feel both tiny and impossibly alive.I’m in Bruvik, a small village an hour outside Bergen on Norway’s ...

Discover why Earth's farthest distance from the sun coincides with summer heat, then grab your binoculars for a week of ...

I’ve rediscovered the charms of Fenway Park. Or should I say, I’m discovering them for the first time. I’ve never been a fan of Fenway. I’ve been to enough Major League parks to see how badly “America ...

Stargazers in the U.S. can see Venus rising around 3 a.m. local time, with the Pleiades star cluster visible as a smudge of ...

Bentonville is gearing up for a festive weekend with the return of First Friday and Fourth of July celebrations.