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The upcoming Full Harvest Moon on Sept. 17 will feature a partial lunar eclipse. Here's what to expect and how to see it.

Chris Deering was SCEE president from 1995 to 2005.

The natural world is filled with variety. Ecological systems can look very different in different parts of the Earth. Every species has genetic variation that means individuals can look and behave very differently. Diseases can affect people differently, with some suffering more serious complications than others.

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, which flew by Pluto in 2015, has offered the best-yet estimates of how dark deep space truly is.

Discover the hidden continent Zealandia, submerged for centuries, now intriguing geoscientists and shedding light on Earth's history.

September's full Harvest Moon will drift into Earth's shadow for a partial eclipse on Sept. 17. It is also the second of four consecutive supermoons this year, making our natural satellite look bigger and brighter than usual.

Privately funded five-day mission by four astronauts led by US billionaire launches on SpaceX rocket from Florida

A pair of 2015 astronaut photos taken just minutes apart shows the eye of tropical cyclone Bansi illuminated by two lightning strikes as the storm raged in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Madagascar.

SpaceX launched the four-person Polaris Dawn mission to orbit on Tuesday (Sept. 10) to carry out the first spacewalk ever performed by private astronauts.