Lunar minerals generate the rust mineral hematite when bombarded with high-energy oxygen particles, simulations show.

Researchers are discussing 2025 PN7, a small celestial body that's following a similar orbital path to our planet's without being gravitationally tied to Earth ...

This inverted solar portrait was captured during the waning partial phase, as the moon slipped left to right off the sun's ...

The Earth stands alone in the solar system as a habitable world, as far as we know. But that doesn’t mean we don’t get visitors, most often in the form of (usually harmless) asteroids. Some even ...

Astrologically, solar eclipses = New Moons on intense incense. They happen when the Sun and Moon align with the Nodes of Fate ...

Our readers continue to grapple with this one, with the latest batch of answers giving a more hopeful response to any readers ...

In March 1968, the Soviet Union had a partial success with Zond 4. With this launch, they were able to take the spacecraft ...

Michiganders were given a show with the northern lights on Sunday, Sept. 14, as a solar storm hit the planet. The geomagnetic ...

On Sept. 14, 1959, the Soviet probe Luna 2 -- known informally as Lunik 2 -- became the first Earth-launched space vehicle to ...

Imagine a scenario where the Moon, our constant companion in the night sky, begins a deadly trajectory toward Earth. The consequences would be catastrophic, reshaping every aspect of life on our ...

Billions of years ago a planet called Theia collided with Earth in a massive impact. This film explores how the crash shaped our world and created the Moon.

WEST WARWICK, R.I. (WPRI) — An investigation is underway after a crash in West Warwick resulted in the driver’s death. The crash happened around 9 p.m. Sunday in the area of Brookside Avenue and ...