The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has begun the 10-year-long Legacy Survey of Space and Time to investigate mysteries like the ...

Even in sunny Los Angeles, you can find shady hikes, especially if you learn how to predict where the shade will be. Below you'll find tools (and hike recommendations) to help you learn just how ...

Not only do scenic views of the palm tree-lined city — observed from atop Griffith Park Observatory and freeway overpasses — dot the film, but the themes feel particularly central to L.A.: the ...

This special event, beginning at 9:00 a.m., invites the community to experience the remarkable shadow alignment of Nancy Holt’s iconic sculpture, Dark Star Park.

It's been a little while since there's been a large planetary alignment in the sky, but another chance to do so is coming very soon. A planetary alignment is expected in August. These alignments ...

A mountain lion that bit a 4-year-old child on a popular trail at Olympic National Park in Washington State was euthanized on Monday, park officials said.

Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming around a baby sun-like star, an unprecedented snapshot of "time zero," when new worlds begin to gel.

The NSF-DOE Rubin Observatory has officially begun its journey to map the universe, and it started with a remarkable feat: capturing over 4,000 asteroids, including 2,100 brand new discoveries, in ...

Planetary construction sites around other stars are filled with pebbles, and for the first time radio telescopes have detected these tiny chunks of rock that stick together to form planets.