From fiery 'blood moons' to ancient legends, discover the surprising science and history behind lunar eclipses.

In this episode of The List Show, host and Mental Floss editor-in-chief Erin McCarthy covers some facts about space that are going to warp your perspective. So don your spacesuits, subscribe to ...

Sound as we know it does not exist in space. That’s because, on Earth, sound mainly travels to our ears via vibrating air molecules. Because space is a vacuum, meaning there is no matter at all ...

Like long dark tunnels to nowhere (or giant garbage disposals), these mysterious fixtures in space exert a gravitational pull so gripping that nothing close by — not even light — can escape ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Space is so unfathomably large and so unbelievably weird, that it can sometimes be difficult to convey basic facts. For example, you can fit all of our solar system ...

It’s surprising that humans have maintained a continuous presence in space for so long, and on a structure so complex. On a clear night, it looks like a bright, fast-moving star. It’s surprising that ...

The strange moon spews its ocean out into space; in 2005, NASA's Cassini spacecraft found icy water particles gushing from the surface at approximately 800 miles per hour (400 meters per second).

NASA's International Space Station (ISS ... the ISS is filled with a treasure trove of interesting and surprising facts, ranging from the day-to-day struggles of life in microgravity to innovative ...