JF flew about 199,000 miles (320,000 km) away from Earth. It's estimated size is about 34 feet wide (10 meters), roughly the ...

with tidal forces growing more intense when ocean basins are in resonance with the gravitational pull of the Moon and Sun. In the current phase, the Earth is experiencing a period of strong tidal ...

Earth’s tilt is what causes the seasons; in the summer, when our planet’s pole is tipped toward the sun, the days are longer, ...

This month will usher in two separate conjunctions — one between the moon and a rarely-visible Mercury, and another between ...

A massive solar tornado, big enough to swallow the Earth, was observed twirling across the surface of the "quiet" sun last week. Using a telescope made from second hand parts, including part of an old ...

Using a newly developed adaptive optics system called Cona, scientists peered through Earth's turbulent air to reveal the sun ...

Scientists believe that in about 5 billion years, the sun will die, becoming a giant red star that obliterates both the moon and the Earth. Here’s hoping that our future civilizations will be ...

They are the first moon rocks brought to Earth since the last Soviet Luna mission of 1976. The first samples of moon dust brought back to Earth for more than 50 years are in the UK - being studied ...

There are eight known planets, five known dwarf planets, and hundreds of known moons in our solar system, but only two of them have weather: Earth and Titan. Saturn’s moon Titan is almost ...

As the sun ages, rising temperatures will disrupt Earth's climate and ecosystem. Oxygen production will cease as water evaporates and the carbon cycle weakens. A supercomputer simulation by ...