The strategic Strait of Hormuz was again closed on Sunday in the stand-off between Iran and the United States, with Iran's ...

Major League Baseball will celebrate Jackie Robinson’s life on Wednesday with the league’s annual Jackie Robinson Day. It ...

There is no music on a moonless night during a crucial scene in The Mummy of 1932. There is almost no music in the movie at all beyond a derivative, if ever effective, use of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake ...

A foreigner who spent decades in Cairo once told me that the city gives back what you put into it. Show up curious and open, ...

Over the centuries, buildings were constructed in and around the graves and monuments and then were transformed into homes.

CAIRO (AP) — The standoff over the Strait of Hormuz escalated again Saturday as Iran reversed its reopening of the crucial ...

The Lyrids are back! Here's where to look and how to spot these shooting stars.

Satellite observations reveal that global nighttime lighting is steadily rising, though the trend varies widely by region, with some areas brightening rapidly while others dim.

The Lyrid meteor shower is expected to bring fiery streaks to the night sky. The shower peaks Tuesday night into Wednesday ...

City lights seen from space at night show Earth brightening and dimming in real time, exposing growth, blackouts, and policy ...

Want to make a wish on a shooting star? Up to 10-20 can be seen per hour during the Lyrid Meteors' peak in April.

For several days this month, Saturn, Mars, and Mercury appear just degrees apart before sunrise—close enough to watch their ...