Earth

Moon Transits Earth in Eye-poppingly EPIC View from 1 Million Miles Away

This animation shows images of the far side of the moon, illuminated by the sun, as it crosses between the…

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The Planet Venus

The planet Venus, which is hottest and most hellish world in our Solar System, has a long history of being…

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This is Our Planet From a Million Miles Away

This picture of our home planet truly is EPIC – literally! The full-globe image was acquired with NASA’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (aka…

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How Could We Destroy the Moon?

What would it take to destroy our moon, and eliminate the enemy of stellar astronomy for all time? In the…

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What is the Pacific “Ring of Fire”?

What if someone were to tell you that there's a region in the world where roughly 90% of the world's…

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What Causes Lightning?

Thunder and lightning. When it comes to the forces of nature, few other things have inspired as much fear, reverence,…

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What is a Terrestrial Planet?

Earth and all the other inner planets of the Solar System have something in common: they are composed of silicate…

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What are the Signs of the Planets?

In our long history of staring up at the stars, human beings have assigned various qualities, names, and symbols for…

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See the Beauty of Earth and Space in Stunning New ISS Timelapse

Moonrises, sunsets, aurorae and of course, our beautiful planet Earth star in this latest timelapse compiled from imagery taken by…

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When Will We Find Another Earth?

We hear about discoveries of exoplanets every day. So how long will it take us to find another planet like…

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