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Jocelyn Tsaih The Dark Side of Light
Beneath the surface of one of Germany’s deepest lakes, researchers are studying the hidden effects of artificial light.
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NASA The Most Compelling Photo of the Moon Landing
As Buzz Aldrin descended the lander’s ladder, Neil Armstrong captured the moment.
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NASA / JSC The True Price of Privatizing Space Travel
As NASA opens up the International Space Station to private astronauts, the romance of space will be within reach for those who can afford it.
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P van Dokkum / NASA / AP Moving Stars Might Speed the Spread of Alien Life
Intelligent planet-hoppers could populate a galaxy in as little as 650,000 years.
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Zoë van Dijk The Search for Alien Life Begins in Earth’s Oldest Desert
In the Martian landscape that is the Atacama desert, astrobiologists are learning how to recognize extraterrestrial organisms.
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Don Smith / Getty Earthquakes and Volcanoes May Have Helped Intelligent Life Evolve
Earth's slipping, sliding outer crust could be key to hosting a wide variety of living things.
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Alexey Rotanov / Vladimir Wrangel / Shutterstock / … America in the Shadows
The nation’s dogged attempts to chase eclipses follow its own haphazard maturation.
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Yoray Liberman / Getty Offbeat Ways to Enjoy the Total Eclipse
Readers plan to take in the eclipse using psychedelic drugs, boat trips, and other diversions.
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Erick Christian Ahounou / AP A Family Vacation to See the Eclipse
Traveling into the moon’s shadow with loved ones
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Yomiuri Yomiuri / Reuters American Marketing Casts Its Shadow
The “Great American Eclipse” is a showcase for great (and sometimes not great) American branding efforts.
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Library of Congress Will Trump Take Notice of the Eclipse?
Previous presidents and political leaders have joined in the rare cosmic spectacle, but the president has no eclipse plans so far.
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Albeiro Lopera / Reuters Should You Try to Take a Photo of the Total Eclipse?
The cosmic event may be fleeting, but your friends’ reactions will be worth capturing.
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What Scientists Have Learned From Eclipses
Under the moon’s shadow, humans have created both grand myths and scientific breakthroughs.
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Mike Zeng / Quanta Magazine The Moon's Origin Story Is in Crisis
After decades of what seemed to be settled science, there’s new, conflicting evidence for how the moon might have formed.
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Phil Noble / Reuters Advice for Eclipse Newbies
Get your eclipse glasses and sunscreen ready.
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Alexander Demianchuk / Reuters The Largest Mass Migration to See a Natural Event Is Coming
This month’s solar eclipse is likely to put major pressures on infrastructure.
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Beawiharta Beawiharta / Reuters What Are Your Eclipse Plans?
We want to know how you’re celebrating the celestial event of the summer.
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Joshua Stevens / NASA / Miguel Román / … NASA's Nighttime Maps Reveal Humanity's Impact on Earth
Advances in how satellites image the planet’s artificial lights are helping scientists estimate global patterns of energy use.
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Reuters / NASA Our Planet's Eye in the Sky Finally Closes
An elegy for Earth Observing-1
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NASA Why Did the House Science Committee Overlook NASA's Former Chief Scientist?
Ellen Stofan was the only woman to testify at a congressional hearing about the future of space exploration—and the only person left out of the official tweets about the event.
