Panama City, Fla. based shipbuilder Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) on Friday announced it has officially cut first steel ...

See some of the week’s most interesting images from around the world, as selected by Washington Post photo editors.

Researchers created a seismic map of Earth's interior beneath the southeastern Pacific Ocean and discovered an ancient slab ...

Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is a small island located in the southeast Pacific Ocean. It is most famous for nearly ...

On Oct. 2, a partial "ring of fire" solar eclipse was visible from the remote island of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island ...

An annular eclipse, the phenomenon where the moon almost completely obscures the sun, passed over Easter Island and the ...

A British astrophotographer has captured a jaw-dropping scene of the annular solar eclipse on Easter Island. Josh Dury ...

Here are some of the best photos of the 2024 annular solar eclipse as it traveled over Easter Island and South America. The "ring of fire" put on an incredible show.

As Hurricane Helene roared outside, the wind howling and branches snapping, John Savage went to his grandparents' bedroom to ...

The moon blotted out most of the sun across the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday afternoon, giving just a few specks of land an ...

A “ring of fire" eclipse of the sun crossed the Pacific and the tips of Argentina and Chile. During Wednesday's annular solar ...

On Wednesday (Oct. 2), an annular eclipse swept over the Pacific Ocean, Chile, and Argentina, wowing skywatchers who were on ...