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Space photo of the week: 'Earthrise,' the Christmas Eve image that changed the world
Snapped from lunar orbit in 1968 by NASA astronaut Bill Anders, who died this week at age 90, 'Earthrise' is perhaps the most iconic image of our planet ever taken.
Have days on Earth always been 24 hours?
Earth's day used to be five hours shorter, and it's predicted to continue lengthening over time.
The 1st 'major lunar standstill' in more than 18 years is about to occur. Here's how to see it.
A major lunar standstill is about to occur. The phenomenon happens every 18.6 years when the moon rises and sets at its most extreme points on the horizon, while also climbing to its highest and lowest point in the sky.
An encounter with 'something outside of the solar system' may have triggered an ice age on Earth
Two million years ago, an encounter with a cold cloud of gas and dust could have caused our planet's "protective giant bubble" to draw back, potentially cooling our planet, new research claims.
Which way does Earth spin? What about the other planets?
While Earth spins in the same direction as the sun, that's not the case for every planet in the solar system.
Stunning 'parade of planets' image shows 6 worlds aligned over Earth
A stunning photo of the recent "parade of planets" shows Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune in alignment over Earth. It was captured from the U.K. on June 1.
Things are finally looking up for the Voyager 1 interstellar spacecraft
Two of the four science instruments aboard the Voyager 1 spacecraft are now returning usable data after months of transmitting only gibberish, NASA scientists have announced.
'A force more powerful than gravity within the Earth': How magnetism locked itself inside our planet
"As the magma cooled to form what is today the world's solid outer crust, magnetism was locked into minerals containing iron, such as magnetite."
