Space

Philly school leaders hope even participating in the space essay contest will encourage students to get more interested in science.

The next blue supermoon will not happen until 2032, but supermoons occur more frequently.

In 2021, four people became the first all-civilian team to orbit Earth multiple times. Researchers studied their cognition, behavior and psychological performance.

Lenape Middle School students built a rocket-powered lander that NASA will test out.

The delay comes roughly a decade after NASA awarded Boeing a more than $4 billion contract as part of the agency's Commercial Crew Program.

Teams from Drexel and the University of Delaware traveled to the path of totality as part of a nationwide NASA project.

An eclipse on the scale of Monday's event won't happen again until Aug. 12, 2045.

Citizen scientists at the Philadelphia Zoo found the natural world largely unmoved by the celestial display.

Uncooperative weather during the eclipse could not darken the Delaware Valley’s celestial spirit.

The peak of the solar eclipse is over in the Philly region. Clouds thickened as we reached maximum coverage, but brief breaks in the clouds allowed people to see the event.

Eye damage is rare and sometimes temporary, but it never hurts to get it checked.

Eclipses change the light around us, leading to unusual sights. Monday's solar eclipse also brings a chance to see crescent shapes in shadows and pinholes, as the moon moves.

Many Americans are making plans, from flying across the country to driving across town, ready to don glasses and admire a phenomenon the U.S. won't see again for 20 years.

Here are a few ideas on how best to take in the experience.

"I remember mostly everybody went crazy when it got dark," says 8th-grader Kaylee Tress. "It was such a bizarre feeling."