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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 ...

Tides come from a difference in gravity across an object. The force of gravity exerted by the Moon is about 4% stronger on the side of Earth that faces toward the Moon, compared to the opposite side ...

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

On Aug. 23, 1966, NASA's Lunar Orbiter 1 sent back the first photo of Earth from the moon. It showed a grainy crescent Earth ...

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

The U.S. and China are in a sprint toward manned missions to the lunar surface by the end of this decade, with sights on 2029 ...

A few nights ago, while taking a walk, I looked up and saw the Moon particularly round, with a few wispy clouds drifting nearby. Suddenly, a silly thought popped into my head—what if the Moon suddenly ...

A total lunar eclipse on March 2-4, 2026, will be visible in North America and will be the last total lunar eclipse anywhere ...

On the night of Sunday, September 7 into the morning of September 8, the sky will treat the majority of the world to a total lunar eclipse, also known as a “blood moon.” For more than an hour, the ...

Correction: An earlier version of this story misstated the overall duration of the eclipse. The moon will appear a striking red color for some around the world thanks to a total lunar eclipse in the ...

Editor's note: The below contains spoilers for Alien: Earth Episode 5. Not even the biggest fan of the Alien franchise could predict just how good Noah Hawley's Alien: Earth would be. Halfway through ...