Throughout history, when pioneers set out across uncharted territory to settle in distant lands, they carried with them only the essentials: tools, seeds and clothing. Anything else would have to come ...

Over 4.6 billion years ago, Earth took shape from a spinning cloud of dust and gas surrounding the young sun. Tiny particles within this cloud collided and clumped together, driven by gravity and ...

Surprisingly enough, the moon is a piece of our planet. The moon is weird. It's completely unlike anything else in the solar system. So how did our planet end up with such a special moon? The answer ...

Fresh on the heels of August's black moon is September's full moon, which will be among the most interesting full moons of 2025. It's coming with a total lunar eclipse, making it a blood moon. If ...

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On the evening of March 13 and into the morning of March 14, the moon will slide into Earth’s shadow, creating a wondrous and graceful event: a total lunar eclipse, revealing a “blood moon.” This will ...

Night owls across the U.S. and other parts of the world will be able to see the moon illuminated in a dusty red hue as it passes through the Earth's shadow later this week during the total lunar ...

A total lunar eclipse, also known as a blood moon, will occur Sept. 7-8, 2025. The event happens when the Earth passes between the sun and the moon, casting a reddish shadow. The September 2025 total ...