There was no danger of either asteroid hitting Earth, but such 'close' flybys don't happen every day, so the JPL team hustled ...

Chris Young’s Beyond Earth column explores the intersection of space technology ... The Event Horizon Telescope, meanwhile, has provided us with the first-ever images of black holes. Soon, we may see ...

A father-and-son team of scientists are trying to revive ancient grasslands by reintroducing large grazers ...

At 1:06 a.m. (EDT) on July 5, the Earth reaches aphelion, the point at which it is farthest ... On the other hand, this week’s night sky is the day sky of Middle Winter. The teapot-like star formation ...

Geologists have discovered two alien minerals unknown to earth in a fragment of the 15,000 kilogram meteorite in Somalia ...

But Earth's rotation has been slowing due to tidal interactions with the Moon, meaning that days were considerably shorter in ...

The images below show the day-by-day phases of the Moon In July. The Full Moon this month is on Sunday, July 21. Note: Moon ...

Also at Lowell, Moskovitz will present a project that uses off-the-shelf security cameras to snap pictures of the night ...

The image of a half-lit Earth shows Antarctica to the upper left and ... Borman and Jim Lovell for a camera with color film.

Conditions reverse six months later, when Earth arrives at a point in its orbit where the axis tips it back so that the South ...

The summer solstice occurs for Earth’s upper half when the Northern Hemisphere is tilted most closely toward the sun. This also marks the longest day and shortest night of the year. Around the same ...

The number of people I see drinking 500 calories a day blows my mind," he said. "Just because it's simple doesn't make it easy." Evidence suggests that sodas, juices, sugary coffees, and cocktails ...