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Crescent Earth as seen by Japan's Himawari 8 at 3:10 am PST this morning....

A new experiment set for an Aug. 14 launch to the International Space Station will provide an unprecedented look at a rain of particles from deep space, called cosmic rays, that constantly showers our planet. The Cosmic ...

The Aug. 21 total solar eclipse across America is generating a lot of interest - and a lot of questions. You'll find answers to many of your eclipse questions at NASA's Eclipse 2017 website -- eclipse2017.nasa.gov....

Despite a bright moon, stargazers might see celestial fireworks Saturday night --

Let's say you're not lucky enough to find yourself along the narrow strip of totality during the coming solar eclipse on Aug. 21. Don't feel bad -- you still may get a stellar view.

Nearly 40 years after lifting off, NASA's historic Voyager mission is still exploring the cosmos.

Shadow bands may be the most unusual of the eerie phenomena that can accompany a solar eclipse. Here's what we do and don't know about them.

Jack Fischer ‏@Astro2fish "I didn't know if we could fit our whole crew for movie night, but we just needed more bungees and boom! Have a great weekend, everyone!"...

Composite image showing tropical storm Franklin in the Gulf of Mexico, from 06:00 UTC on Wednesday, 9 August 2017....