The Moon is rusting — and it’s Earth’s fault. Scientists have found that oxygen particles blown from Earth to the Moon can ...

The newly discovered asteroid is expected to tag along on the Earth's path around the sun for another 60 years.

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

Would you guess that the Earth is spinning at 1,000 mph around its axis and at the same time hurtling through space on its ...

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

A sci-fi idea is gaining supporters, from billionaires to city councils. Whether it’s feasible is another matter.

From the night of September 7 to the early morning of September 8, 2025, a spectacular total lunar eclipse will occur, ...

Endangered animals include blue whales, giant pandas, tigers, rhinos, and of course a lot of primates. Though endangered ...

Scientists are unraveling the mysteries of "steam worlds"—exoplanets known as sub-Neptunes that are rich in water but orbit so close to their stars that their surfaces are shrouded in thick ...

During the equinox, the sun crosses Earth’s equator, heading south. Earth’s axis is tilted neither toward nor away from the sun.

The region where the gravitational influence of Earth is the dominant force, is called the Hill Sphere. This extends up to 1.5 million kilometers (almost a million miles) away. If a small asteroid ...