1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (126+ words) [Note: Catching up for yesterday] Explanation: Bright sunlight glints as long dark shadows mark this image of the surface of the Moon. It was taken on July 20, 1969, by Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first to walk on the lunar surface....

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (898+ words) Most Christians believe the universe is billions of years old. Some treat the six days of creation as a metaphor. Others latch onto explanations such as Gap Theory or Day-Age Theory to reconcile. But there is one theory that I’ve…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (326+ words) NASA has decided to develop a more basic version of the lunar spacesuit for the first Moon landings, aiming to meet a 2028 target date. The agency is working with Axiom Space to build what it calls the Sortie Suit, which…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (327+ words) Mercury, the tiniest and least-explored planet in the inner solar system, is hiding mysteries far larger than itself — and finally, scientists will soon be getting not one but two spacecraft designed to decode the strange world. That's thanks to the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (279+ words) Explanation: Chasing the shadow of a New Moon, NASA’s WB-57F high altitude research aircraft took to the skies off the coast of Iceland on August 12 to observe a total solar eclipse. At 50,000 feet the aircraft was piloted along the precisely…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (285+ words) Explanation: How do animals react to a total solar eclipse? The featured image shows a stork roosting on her nest in Poland at a partial phase of the recent total solar eclipse. If you are lucky enough to experience a…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (207+ words) Explanation: Did you need to be on the right side of this airplane to see this eclipse? No. Lunar eclipses are routinely seen from the half of the Earth facing the Moon when the eclipse occurs, making them some of…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (349+ words) Explanation: Eclipses tend to come in pairs. Twice a year, during an eclipse season that lasts about 34 days, Sun, Moon, and Earth can nearly align. Then the new and full phases of the Moon, separated by just over 14 days, create…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (192+ words) Explanation: What’s creating this giant hole in space? This is not a black hole — it’s a shadow. It’s Earth’s shadow. Since at least the time of Aristotle, people have noted that Earth's dark shadow on the Moon during a partial…...