Total solar eclipse Aug. 12, 2026 live updates — 3 days to totality
2026-08-09T14:28:38.106Z The citizen scientists keeping an eye on the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse Two teams of Dynamic…
In 1972, an Apollo 16 astronaut left his family photograph on the Moon: The message identifies them as visitors “from planet Earth”
The photo left behind by the astronaut | Wikimedia Commons Apollo 16 astronaut Charles Duke left something deeply…
Want to see a solar eclipse and a meteor shower in one day? US astronomer reveals all you should know to enjoy the stargazing event of the year
August will bring two opportunities to look skyward as a solar eclipse and the annual Perseid meteor shower…
Here’s what to expect from 5 stages of the total solar eclipse 2026
We’re just a few short days away from the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse, when millions will watch…
For roughly a billion years of Earth’s deep past, the Moon’s ocean tides may have slowed the planet while a Sun-driven atmospheric tide sped it up, holding the day near 19 hours — but the rocks preserve a hypothesis, not a stopwatch
We built clocks around the day and then quietly began treating the day as though it were a…
Voyager 2 may have caught Uranus on a freak day — a 2024 reanalysis suggests the 1986 flyby that shaped four decades of understanding arrived during a compressed state estimated to occur only about 4% of the time
In January 1986, Voyager 2 swept past Uranus and gathered the only close-up measurements humanity has ever taken…
Solar eclipse to occur next week. Here is what to know : NPR
The Moon crosses in front of the Sun during a total solar eclipse at Lake Monroe on April…
What Is the Lion’s Gate Portal? Why August 8 Is Best Day of the Year for Manifesting
The Lion’s Gate Portal is open! The Lion’s Gate Portal is an astrological term describing the alignment of…
Supermassive black hole found ‘wandering’ at the edge of a galaxy
Astronomers hunt black holes at the center of a galaxy, not its edge, because that is where the…
On this day in space! Aug. 8, 1977: Soviet Union’s Salyut 5 reconnaissance space station burns up in Earth’s atmosphere
On Aug. 8, 1977, the Salyut 5 space station fell out of space and burned up in Earth’s…
Don’t miss the crescent moon shine close to the red light of mars before dawn on Aug. 9
Early risers will catch a spectacular sight in the predawn hours of Aug. 9, as the slender crescent…
Meteorite that smashed through a New Jersey roof reveals clues to life’s origins
A meteor streaked across the New York City area in broad daylight on July 16, 2024, producing a…