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

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

A solar eclipse, or Surya Grahan, has always mesmerised people, blending awe, mystery, and centuries of cultural rituals. But behind the myths lies a fascinating scientific explanation of why the Sun ...

A partial solar eclipse happens Sunday in parts of the Southern Hemisphere. Saturn will also appear at its brightest, with Earth directly between it and the sun.

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 ...

Much as we may treasure and proclaim our independence, we actually live in a protective bubble called the heliosphere.