Earth has a newly discovered—albeit temporary—companion in its journey around the sun. In research published this month in ...

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 ...

Witness the first images of the September 2025 partial solar eclipse. The moon and sun put on a magnificent show on Sept. 21 ...

The bottom half of the world, known as the Southern Hemisphere, is about to be treated to a partial solar eclipse that won't ...

In this curious film, a pair of friends venture out into the desert to build an accurate to scale model of our solar system.

Earth is the only planet in our solar system with a single moon, making it a rare phenomenon for a planet of its kind.

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 ...

Three celestial bodies are preparing to meet up for one night in September in a cosmic conjunction that should be widely ...

Regulus, a distant star, Venus and our moon will be visible during a conjunction tonight, and how Californians can best see ...

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

A solar eclipse occurs when the moon positions itself between Earth and the sun, casting a shadow over Earth. We explore the ...

The arrival of mini moon could draw the attention of private companies and agencies focused on asteroid mining ...