What to expect at Mount Rainier National Park during the government shutdown

Mount Rainier National Park – along with the Olympic and North Cascades National Parks – remains open to visitors, but lacks ...

Two bright comets will swing by Earth this month. Here’s how to see them

Comets SWAN and Lemmon will both swing by Earth and appear bright in the sky near the end of October. Here’s how to see them.

Australian telescope maps deep space at record speed

A powerful new telescope in outback Australia has mapped vast areas of the universe in record-breaking time, revealing a million new galaxies and opening the way to new discoveries, the country's ...