Tiny bits of Earth’s atmosphere have been drifting to the moon for billions of years, guided by Earth’s magnetic field.

Scientists say Earth’s magnetic field may have funneled atmospheric particles to the moon for billions of years. Lunar soil could preserve a record of Earth’s past while providing resources for future ...

The discovery of a new celestial object in the Earth's neighborhood has created a buzz online asking whether the planet now has a second moon in its orbit. Any thoughts that Earth is now going to be ...

The Sun's lifespan is approximately 5 billion years before it becomes a red giant. The Sun's increasing luminosity, currently at a rate of 10 percent per billion years, will cause Earth's oceans to ...

As Earth moves through space, it wobbles slightly. A team of researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the University of Bonn has now succeeded in measuring these fluctuations in ...

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NASA's next big eye on the cosmos is now fully assembled. On Nov. 25, technicians joined the inner and outer portions of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope in the largest clean room at the agency's ...

Astronomy lovers can enjoy a spectacular view of the biggest planet in the solar system Monday night. Jupiter is making its closest approach to Earth in 59 years, and it coincides with another ...