Bob Rettig has a special responsibility on Christmas Eve. Rettig, sexton at First Reformed Church, is in charge of lighting the historic gas star above the church’s chancel. This year marks the ...

The well-known words of African-American theologian Howard Thurman could be said of the born-again Scrooge and represent what ...

Christmas is here. And the night sky tonight obliges by presenting a ... with strong atmospheric turbulence that makes star images churn and fuzz when viewed through a high-power telescope.

Auroral activity is forecast to increase on Christmas Day, with NOAA forecasting a Kp index of five and a viewing line ...

Scott Eisen/Getty Images People walk through Central Park ... ushering in a dry Christmas Eve night and Christmas Day morning. Meanwhile, a powerful storm system in the Pacific Ocean is producing ...

Some of the troops even pointed to a special star. Josef Wenzl, a German soldier, witnessed what he described as a “single star [that] stood still in the sky ... on Christmas Eve night in ...

On Christmas Eve the ... of bright stars and planets, see below for dates. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. 3rd: Crescent Moon above Venus in the evening sky.

Temperatures on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day were forecast to hit the upper 70s. Phoenix Sky Harbor International ... of Hanukkah falls on the same night as Christmas — a rare occurrence ...

Christmas Eve cheer… Twas the night before Christmas. Looking for ways to celebrate Christmas Eve in Abu Dhabi? We’ve got you ...

The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star opened up about her ... with her in the ER, and then Christmas Eve too," Newport wrote. "I went home that night to be with my dad and one of his ...

If you get up early enough on Christmas Day morning, you may see Santa heading home off an exhausting night of delivering ...