On 12 August 2026, a total solar eclipse will sweep across the surface of the earth. At sunrise it will be visible in the far ...

How did Earth, alone among the Solar System's rocky planets, become the home for life? How, among all this frigid ...

Recreating artificial solar eclipses in space could help astronomers decipher the inner workings of our sun much quicker than ...

How did Earth, alone among the solar system's rocky planets, become the home for life? How, among all this frigid ...

Occasionally, asteroids get caught in Earth’s orbit, temporarily becoming mini moons before continuing their cosmic paths.

But in space or on the Moon, there are no power lines, no sunlight at night and no backup grid. Every system — from life ...

As Imhof noted, “Low Earth orbit, where the International Space Station sits, is orbiting 450 kilometres above us. The Moon ...

Atomic clocks — among the most precise instruments humans have ever built — have been keeping track of Earth’s spin since the ...

A day on Earth is defined as the time the planet takes to complete one full rotation on its axis – roughly 86,400 seconds, or ...

To get a glimpse of the “Swift Planet,” EarthSky suggests waiting for the sun to set before looking west for the planet ...

The burst was so bright that it bounced off the Moon and illuminated Earth’s upper atmosphere, surpassing the brightness of a ...

Astronomers have discovered a rare instance of a interstellar comet speeding through the solar system. The 3I/ATLAS was first ...