On these September nights, skywatchers have the opportunity to see many rare celestial phenomena that are otherwise difficult or even impossible to observe. Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS — technically named ...

I have been out and about very early in the morning many times but have never seen what the novelists used to refer to as the "false dawn," a period when the sky is said to lighten up for a time then ...

The weeks surrounding the equinox bring a great opportunity for stargazers to see the zodiacal light, an eerie glow near the horizon that is not visible any other time of the year. The phenomenon, ...

The night is dark, and full of wonders. Some, however, are harder to see than others. One of them is so rare that if you’ve ever seen it, you’ve likely not realized what it is you’re seeing; a faint ...

THE INHERITORS (233 pp.)—William Golding—Harcourt, Brace & World ($4.50). Imagination is a word that scarcely occurs in modern criticism, perhaps because it has an amateurish, imprecise sound, and ...

Did you know that it’s possible to see the solar system glow? Not just the tiny planets moving slowly around the sun, but even the dust within it–and it’s a spectacular sight that in 2019 is close to ...

“The Middle East looks the way it does because the confluence of uprisings (not revolutions), institutions or the lack of them, and the search for identity and authenticity have conspired to thwart” ...

Just as well, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) just blew the alarm: the declining cases of COVID-19 for August were due more to reduced testing. That false dawn, of putative safety from ...

False Dawn is set a number of years after the events of Quake 4, where you assume the role of the best of a new breed of soldier, the Stroggified Marine. You can go where no regular human can and have ...

The first faint flush of light that sometimes precedes the dawn is called the false dawn. Last week the 21 Indian delegates, gathered around the long teak table in the Simla conference room, learned ...