Stars
Fall gets its official start this weekend in the Northern Hemisphere. This year’s autumnal equinox arrives on Saturday. But what does that mean?
Around 8,000 revelers gathered around a prehistoric stone circle on a plain in southern England to express their devotion to the sun, or to have some communal fun.
Scientists for the first time have caught a star in the act of swallowing a planet. And it’s not just a nibble or bite, but one big gulp.
A galactic photo shoot has captured more than 3 billion stars and galaxies in one of the biggest sky surveys ever.
NASA is gearing up to launch a research rocket from remote northern Australia this month. It will be the agency’s first blast off from a commercial space port outside the United States.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Three of the stars of Saint Peter’s remarkable run to the Elite Eight have put their names in the transfer portal following coach Shaheen Holloway’s departure for Seton Hall.
The British Museum says it will display what it says is the world’s oldest surviving map of the stars in a major upcoming exhibition on the Stonehenge stone circle.
Most athletes are comfortable talking about injuries, so long as they can point to a bruise, a bandage, a cast or a spot on an X-ray.
NEW YORK (AP) — Sara Bareilles will be acting against type in her next role: She’ll be playing a washed-up musician.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Stuck at home this week? The planets and our moon are providing some early morning entertainment.
Throughout the year, the stars of the Rochester celestial dome make up a plethora of pictures and patterns.
There are so many birds flying soaring in the night sky. Out of the 88 total constellations, nine of them are birds.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s elite planet-hunting spacecraft has been declared dead, just a few months shy of its 10th anniversary.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Embarking on a mission that scientists have been dreaming of since the Sputnik era, a NASA spacecraft hurtled Sunday toward the sun on a quest to unlock some of its mysteries by getting closer than any object sent before.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A red-hot voyage to the sun is going to bring us closer to our star than ever before.
CHELMSFORD, United Kingdom, May 24, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded Teledyne e2v, a division of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY), with the second phase of a €42M ($47M) contract to produce high-end Charge Coupled Device (CCD) visible light image sens
GREENWICH — The night sky was overhead, but night had not yet fallen.
Sneakered third-graders sat in a semicircle, legs crossed, with backs to the edges of the gray inflatable dome that was creating this illusion of night at 9 a.m.
Sneakered third-graders sat in a semicircle, legs crossed, with backs to the edges of the gray inflatable dome that was creating this illusion of night at 9 a.m.
These long nights are blessed with some of the best constellations of the year. Bundle up, get out that comfy reclining lawn chair, brush away the snow if you have to, and enjoy the cold clear night delights.
Winter is one of best times for stargazing: Morgan Paskert
Guest columnist Morgan Paskert is on staff at the Lake Erie Nature & Science Center.
Guest columnist Morgan Paskert is on staff at the Lake Erie Nature & Science Center.
TORONTO (AP) — A transgender Chilean actress has turned in one of the most buzzed-about performances of the year and some are hoping she could be the first trans actor to land an Oscar nomination.
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A red-nosed reindeer in the stars? Not exactly … but I’m going to try to give you the closest thing in the Rochester night sky that has something to do with the magic of Rudolph.