On Feb. 17, 2026, the moon slipped directly between Earth and the sun, creating a spectacular 'ring of fire' visible to very few people on Earth, but ESA's Proba-2 had had the best seat in the house.
The Brunhes-Matuyama reversal, which happened around 775,000 years ago, backs up the new findings. A study from 2019 found that the flip took 22,000 years to complete – so drawn-out reversals may be ...
The Sun will die, and it’s going to be spectacular. In approximately five billion years, our star will exhaust the hydrogen ...
How big would a telescope need to be to see Earth’s dinosaurs from 66 million light-years away? Think big—and then think ...
A team of researchers has produced the strongest experimental evidence yet that Earth’s iron core holds enormous quantities ...
A total lunar eclipse will cross the skies over the contiguous United States on Tuesday, March 3, turning the moon a deep reddish color in what's commonly called a "blood moon." ...
With some of the world’s clearest skies, the Elqui Valley on the edge of the Atacama Desert offers an unparalleled lens into ...