Thousands in Taiwan and China celebrated the Lantern Festival on Wednesday by releasing paper lanterns into the night sky, ...

If we are to engage in a discussion of pollution of any kind, it should begin with the consequences. Take air pollution.

A 'false dusk' will be visible during twilight in February, but only from locations that are free of light pollution. Here's everything you need to know about zodiacal light.

Most of the world's population is exposed to polluted air and or those living in cities with chronically bad air, the smog ...

Explore the controversial plastic credits sector where cement kilns burn plastic waste, raising health and environmental ...

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are improving weather forecasting models so that they better represent air ...

Wisconsin’s top education official faces challengers on the right and left as she runs for re-election. Republican-backed school choice advocate Brittany Kinser and rural school superintendent Jeff Wr ...

Four planets will be widely visible to the naked eye through part of February, but calling them a 'planetary alignment' may not be the full picture.

Experience astrotourism at these dark sky destinations, whether your vibe is full moon hikes and firepits or luxe alpine ...

As night falls on the Atacama desert in northern Chile four giant telescopes turn their gaze towards the star-strewn heavens.

Ansar Lemon, an engineering PhD student at Harvard University, says the team modeled how the brightness and color of the sky at the poles changed with the injection of sulfate, calcium carbonate, and ...

Some of us remember the first Earth Day, Saturday, April 22, 1970. We pulled old bedsprings and tires out of local rivers and urged a ban on phosphates that fueled weed growth in streams and ...