Science & Space

Finding a meteorite in the Houston area is uncommon but possible, especially on private land, construction sites, and dry lakebeds west of the city. This guide explains how to r...

A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, blocking some or all of the Sun’s light. When the alignment is near-perfect, the Moon can cover the Sunâ...

An eclipse sign occurs when one celestial body moves into the shadow of another, producing either a solar eclipse, where the Moon blocks the Sun, or a lunar eclipse, where Earth...

"The moon woke up Neptune" is a poetic way of describing how the Moon’s gravitational influence continuously perturbs Neptune’s system, primarily by exciting small orbital v...

Which planet is most likely to have life? Today, Mars stands out within our Solar System because it hosts conditions most clearly linked to past or present habitability, while i...

The new moon in May 2025 occurs on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at 21:21 UTC (Coordinated Universal Time). For viewers in time zones west of UTC, the exact moment falls on May 7; for...

You cannot look directly at a solar eclipse because the sun’s intense visible and infrared light can damage light-sensitive retina cells, causing temporary or permanent vision...

A fully saturated rainbow across the Moon is not produced by the same mechanism as a solar rainbow. A so-called rainbow moon is usually a moonbow—refracted and reflected moonl...

Solar flares are intense bursts of electromagnetic radiation from the Sun’s atmosphere, caused by sudden rearrangements of magnetic fields near sunspots. When stored magnetic...

Objects strike Earth constantly as meteorites, but large, damaging impacts are exceptionally rare. Most arrive as small fragments that burn up or fall harmlessly, while only ast...