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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.
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Amr Dalsh / Reuters The Moon May Be Covered With Oxygen Beamed From Earth
The gas travels alongside particles from the sun, and could offer clues to life’s origins.
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NASA / JPL-CALTECH Why Mars Is the Best Planet
It’s like The Man in the High Castle for Earth’s history.
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Beawiharta Beawiharta / Reuters Astronomers Are Using Ancient Eclipse Records to Solve a Cosmic Mystery
Babylonian tablets suggest that Earth’s rotation is slowing less than expected.
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NASA / Reuters A Hidden Ocean Beneath Pluto's Icy Heart
The real meaning of the dwarf planet's iconic marker
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Stephen Lam / Reuters Elon Musk’s Boldest Announcement Yet
In a gorgeous new video, the SpaceX CEO lays out his vision for a human civilization on Mars.
