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The mass extinction event that killed the dinosaurs included so much soot from global fires that Earth was plunged into darkness for years.

People on airplanes and astronauts aboard the ISS get an extra special view of total solar eclipses.

Eclipse selfies, and selfies with the sun in general, are not wise decisions. Here's why.

There are plenty of total solar eclipse streams and live broadcasts to watch the rare event today.

Weather like temperature and wind will change during the eclipse so NOAA is planning to study it.

We always see the same face of the moon from Earth not because the moon doesn’t rotate on its own axis, but because the two bodies are tidally locked with each other.

An active dynamo in the lunar core is thought to have generated the moon’s magnetic field which disappeared due to unknown reasons sometime between 1 and 2.5 billion years ago.

How the dark and light swirls on the surface of the moon formed is a mystery to NASA scientists but they're planning a mission to learn more.

If the moon orbits Earth about once a month, why are solar eclipses so rare?

The full moon during the month of August is called the sturgeon or blueberry moon, here's how and when to see it.

The historic control room where the Apollo missions were carrier out will undergo restoration.

A space burial will bring your ashes into orbit around the Earth or onto the moon’s surface, giving average people the opportunity to be astronauts.

Happy birthday NASA! The space agency is celebrating its 59th birthday today, here are photos through the years.

While many might think that the only people who believe in aliens are "forum-dwelling internet conspiracy theorists," there are some astronauts who believe that aliens do exist and humanity has a connection with them.

Scientists might have found the first exomoon — a moon orbiting a planet outside our solar system.

We are only halfway through 2017 and already NASA has given us dozens of amazing photos of our planet, our solar system and our universe.

New study of satellite data of volcanic deposits across the lunar surface suggests parts of the moon’s mantle have as much water as Earth’s interior.

Researchers think using a holographic microscope might help identify life on icy moons.

This moon photobombed Mars as the Hubble Space Telescope was trying to take some photos of the planet and they made for some cool shots.

At a conference Wednesday Elon Musk said he thinks putting people on the moon is a good idea.

Space company Moon Express hopes to set up a permanent outpost on the moon where robots will mine the south pole for resources.