As China and Russia race to stake their claim, America is bidding to get ahead through a fusion of federal funding and ...

Short-term changes in day length can be linked to the moon's position. On July 9, July 22, and August 5, the moon reaches ...

On Aug. 5, the moon will be at its farthest from the ... For one, the leap second might get abolished. Secondly, while we have seen an acceleration in Earth's rotation in recent years, climate change ...

Proba-3 creates artificial solar eclipse to study Sun's corona. Two ESA satellites fly in precise formation to reveal the sun ...

Astronaut Jim Lovell, who guided the Apollo 13 mission safely back to Earth in 1970, has died aged 97. Nasa said he had ...

Astronaut James Lovell, who was commander of the 1970 Apollo 13 mission that managed to get back to earth safely after an ...

The orbit of the Moon is slightly slanted with respect to the orbit of the Earth around the Sun. If the two were the same, we would get a lunar and solar eclipse every month. Instead, they tend to ...

Earth is spinning faster this summer, making the days marginally shorter and attracting the attention of scientists and timekeepers. But these days are not ‘short’ in terms of how many ...

Discovered in 1984, Crinia is a unique 5-kilometer asteroid that shares Earth’s orbit in a rare one-to-one rhythm. Despite its nickname as Earth’s “second moon, ” it actually orbits the ...

Earth is spinning faster than usual, with July 22 set to be one of the shortest days ever, just 1.34 milliseconds shy of a full 24 hours.

The Perseids, the year's most popular meteor shower, will soon peak, but August's full moon could impact viewing. Here's what to know.

Aug. 12-13 — Peak of the annual Perseid meteor shower. Perseids are fragments shed by comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. Every August, ...