On Sept. 21-22, a partial solar eclipse will see the moon sweep over the sun's disk, blocking its light over a swathe of the ...

The bottom of the world is set to be front and center for a partial solar eclipse. Antarctica, New Zealand and a sliver of ...

The sun has become more and more active over the last 16 years, in a turn that surprised scientists and could affect space ...

Three celestial bodies are about to meet up for one night in September in a conjunction that should be widely visible in the ...

2025-PN7 is around 62 feet (19 meters) wide, and it’s between 2.8 million miles and 37.2 million miles away from Earth. It ...

A recently observed object called 2025 PN7 was found orbiting near the Earth. The quasi-moon is expected to accompany our planet in a similar orbit for 60 years.

Three celestial bodies will meet up for one night in September in a cosmic conjunction that should be widely visible in the ...

Where do we come from? How did our planet form? How do we know about the history of our solar system? You can explore these universal questions in the Moon, Meteorite and Solar System Gallery. Earth’s ...

Early Earth lacked life’s essentials until a collision with Theia added them. This chance event made life possible. After the ...

Experiments on Earth indicate some common species of bacteria and fungi could survive for several days on the moon's surface, ...