Scientists hope the mission will help explain why the sun’s outer atmosphere is far hotter than its surface. LOS ANGELES - NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is set to make another daring plunge ...

And given last year’s deal with Mauritius, this means Thursday night at 10:50 PM EST (2:50 AM on March 21 in London), the sun finally, literally set on the British empire. It didn’t stay dark ...

Venus could make a brief appearance this weekend as it passes between the Earth and the sun. Just be warned: It won't be easy to spot in the sun's glow, according to astronomers. The orbit Venus ...

Venus Passes Between the Earth and Sun This Weekend -- but Don't Try to ... Venus has phases just like the moon. Before and after the conjunction, Venus looks like a thin crescent — though ...

After pushing the clocks forward earlier this month, and with spring starting soon, daylight continues to last longer each day. But it will still be a few weeks before the sun sets after 8 p.m. in ...

The Sun-Times, owned in conglomerate with WBEZ under Chicago Public Media (CPM), has 30 employees set to depart, with five more WBEZ employees also included in this round of buyouts. 23 of the 30 ...

Even serial killers deserve the Funko Pop treatment ... “Dexter: Resurrection,” set to release this summer. The original “Dexter” aired on Showtime from 2006 to 2013, followed by ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have returned to Earth after being stuck in space for more ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This image provided by NASA/Firefly Aerospace, Tuesday, March 18, 2025, shows the sun setting on the moon ...

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Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander made the most of its last few hours of life on the moon. The solar-powered Blue Ghost shut down on Sunday evening (March 16), shortly after the sun set ...