On the summer solstice, the Northern Hemisphere leans most directly toward the sun. That means more direct sunlight and the ...

By the following night, Mars will have officially entered the Spring Triangle, having (just) crossed the imaginary line joining Regulus and Arcturus. The Red Planet will continue to skim along the ...

Bogong moths are the first invertebrates known to navigate using the night sky during annual migrations to highland caves ...

A new study suggests that these Australian insects may be the first invertebrates to use the night sky as a compass during ...

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Bogong moths migrate hundreds of kilometres and back each year using the southern night sky as their compass.

Scientists have used clues locked into tree rings to reveal major changes in the Amazon's rainfall cycle over the last 40 ...

The summer solstice marks the beginning of astronomical summer each year, typically falling between June 20 and June 22. In ...

The summer solstice marks the beginning of astronomical summer each year, typically falling between June 20 and June 22. In ...

Scientists found that species cluster in core bioregions and spread outward, likely due to environmental filtering, a pattern ...

Mercury and Venus are moon-free, Mars has two small moons, and Earth has just one. Meanwhile, Jupiter and Saturn have dozens, and Uranus and Neptune each have more than 10. Even though it’s ...

When winter comes to Antarctica, seals and Adélie penguins leave the freezing shores and head for the edge of the forming sea ice. But emperor penguins stay put.