Infographics

A series of four total lunar eclipses in a row is called a tetrad, or four Blood Moons. See how lunar eclipse tetrads work in this Space.com infographic.

Learn what makes a big full moon a true 'supermoon' in this SPACE.com infographic.

Daredevil sungrazing comets risk annihilation every time they skim the surface of our star. Here's how the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory tracks these comet interlopers.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos leads Blue Origin, a commercial aerospace firm that hopes to send people on suborbital and orbital space trips.

How Solar Eclipses Work: When the moon covers up the sun, skywatchers delight in the opportunity to see a rare spectacle.

What makes the moon turn dark and red? Find out in this Space.com infographic.

A planet only 20 million years old and still hot from its creation has been photographed in a solar system 96 light-years from Earth.

Scientists have released new information about comet 67p and what the Philae lander discovered there.

Astronomers have announced the discovery of planet Kepler-452b, orbiting a star very much like the sun but older and hotter.

Hardware developed for the race to the moon was used to foster collaboration between the two countries.