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As well as a supermoon this week, the Pereseids meteor shower will also be in full force. But how can you watch the shooting flashes of light and when will it be?

Everything you need to know about supermoons and how they affect us

Supermoons in general appear 17% bigger and 30% brighter than when the moon is at its farthest point away from Earth, according to NASA.

Israeli artist Sigalit Landau wades into the warm, briny waters of the Dead Sea to inspect her latest creations -- everyday objects coated in salt crystals that glisten in the bright morning sun. The lowest point on Earth is also Landau's studio where she submerges objects -- from a ballet…

Earth is the only planet we know of with continents, the giant landmasses that provide homes to humankind and most of Earth’s biomass.

The Sturgeon Moon caps off four consecutive months of supermoons. Here's the best way to see August's fishy lunar event.

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Hundreds were marooned in the downpour as the climate crisis increases the likelihood of extreme weather

Analysis of minerals in rocks suggests that continents were formed through giant meteorite impacts

An out-of-this-world ingredient made Earth's continents.

The theory that the continents originally formed at sites of these collisions had been around for decades but with little evidence to support it.