Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, June 20The summer solstice occurs at this evening at 10:42 P.M.

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 ...

Given just how big space is, the solar system seems like it shouldn't be too mysterious. But there are actually plenty of questions that took years to solve.

That’s why it took scientists by surprise when dozens of lightning strikes were detected within 300 nautical miles of the North Pole this past weekend. In fact, it was so unusual that it was ...

Runners are preparing for the Chicago Marathon later this year, but one resident has her sights set much, much further north.

Then Dorothy Douglas underbid him, and she began running the North Pole Post Office in a small building inside the city limits. In March 1964, the building was having permafrost issues causing the ...

The crescent Moon lies in Taurus near the planet Uranus. You can easily spot the distant ice giant with binoculars or a small ...

In the stratosphere over Siberia, temperatures recently jumped nearly 100 degrees Fahrenheit, shoving the polar vortex off its North Pole perch.

Uranus has 28 confirmed moons, including five major moons. The closest of these large satellites is Miranda, followed by Ariel, Umbriel, Titania and Oberon — all named after characters from ...

It’s Carey’s first solo, non-Christmas song in six years. In 2019, she released “In The Mix,” an original theme song for ABC’s Mixed-ish. Before that, her last studio album was 2018’s ...

A North Pole man is accused of flying while intoxicated and landing his plane on Fort Wainwright in April. According to a criminal complaint, 43-year-old Brian Scott Sipes was flying in the North ...