Imagine for a moment that Earth suddenly shrank to the size of the Moon, while the Moon expanded to the size of Earth. How would life on our planet change? Could humans survive this dramatic cosmic ...

A gem of a find by The Public Domain Review of a collection from the Rijksmuseum: photographs of plaster models of the ...

Astronomy experts advise stargazers to find locations away from city lights, where dark skies allow for clearer views. Parks, ...

Another issue is that eclipse maps are flat, but the real Earth isn't, with mountains and valleys blocking or extending visibility. That's why Irwin has pioneered a new 3D computational method that ...

Fresh on the heels of August's black moon is September's full moon, which will be among the most interesting full moons of 2025. It's coming with a total lunar eclipse, making it a blood moon. If ...

Bake them, freeze them, fire them from a gun or blast them into space: tardigrades can survive almost anything. Some experts ...

Over the past 60 years, scientists have largely succeeded in building a computer model of Earth to see what the future holds.

The horologists behind Vacheron Constantin’s La Quête du Temps reveal how they crafted the mechanical masterpiece to mark the ...

Over millennia, our view of the stars has shifted, because of Earth’s wobble. It may be time to rethink your sign.

Novel materials have a wide array of potential scientific applications, and these honorees have prototypes that could wind up in smartphone screens—or on the moon. He uses food dye molecules to turn ...

This mission will provide NASA with foundational data to inform human exploration of the Moon, Mars, and beyond. Ross Elder, ...

Four new Nasa volunteers will step into a capsule next month, hoping to expand our understanding of what it takes to make a ...