Light plays an important role in regulating our sleep/wake cycle, and our bodies are ultra-sensitive to it. As a result, the ...

While the car-sized spacecraft flew around the Mars system, flight controllers on Earth temporarily lost communication with ...

A new study by Rice University researchers Sho Shibata and Andre Izidoro presents a compelling new model for the formation of ...

The short answer is that you would weigh roughly one-sixth your Earth weight on the Moon. So if your bathroom ... equation for figuring out the force of gravity almost 350 years ago.

The first direct visual evidence of the supermassive black hole in the centre of Messier 87 and its shadow. Event Horizon ...

In a new book release, two scientists combine forces to explain the discoveries, developments and theories made in the realm ...

Parts of Africa and Europe may catch a glimpse. Lunar eclipses happen when the moon, Earth, and sun align just so. The Earth casts a shadow that can partially or totally blot out the moon.

Parts of Africa and Europe may catch a glimpse. Lunar eclipses happen when the moon, Earth and sun align just so. The Earth casts a shadow that can partially or totally blot out the moon.

An eclipse like this happens when the Moon, Earth and Sun all align so that the Moon is passing into the Earth’s shadow. NASA explains it this way: “In a total lunar eclipse, the entire Moon ...

Astronomers have discovered a panoply of new moons orbiting Saturn, bringing the ringed gas giant's total up to 274 moons—far ...

Beneath the Indian Ocean lies a 106-meter gravity hole, caused by ancient mantle plumes and vanished oceans. Scientists trace ...