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The best time to witness the celestial event will be just after sunset starting Jan. 10. A meteor shower will also be visible ...

Native Americans have lived in the Grand Canyon for over 600 years and remain permanent residents inside the national park. Packers and tourists are seen here riding into the canyon towards the ...

The best time to witness the celestial event will be just after sunset starting Jan. 10. A meteor shower will also be visible Jan. 2 and 3.

The planets of the solar system all move around the same orbital plane, according to National Geographic, so when several planets are on the same side of the sun as Earth, it looks as if they’re ...

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New research is offering unprecedented insights into the icy planetesimals of the early solar system, such as trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) and centaurs. Planetesimals are small, celestial objects ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has successfully made the closest approach to the sun, the space agency confirmed Friday. Earlier this week, the spacecraft passed within a record-breaking 3.8 million ...