Mars will appear to make an ultraclose approach to the moon on Sunday, after Jupiter had a turn earlier this week. Here's how ...

A chunk of space rock that visited near Earth's orbit last year was widely called a "mini-moon," a nickname that was more ...

By Becky Ferreira For a few months last fall, a school-bus-size space rock named 2024 PT5 gained fame as Earth’s new “mini-moon.” Astronomers rushed to study the object while it was still ...

Later on Tuesday, the intuition-guiding moon will wane into her third quarter in dynamic Scorpio, which could tempt us to rev our engines and race to the finish line of certain projects.

A six-pack of planets will line up and light up the night sky this month, folks. Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune will align for our viewing pleasure — from now until mid-February.

Around midnight tonight in the east, a 55%-lit waning gibbous moon will be just a tenth of a degree from Spica, the brightest star in the constellation of Virgo and about 250 light-years distant.

If you were lucky enough to escape the fog that descended last night you will have seen a spectacular Moon over Doncaster. Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to Doncaster Free Press ...

Oxygen isotope identity of the Earth and Moon with implications for the formation of the Moon and source of volatiles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 2024; 121 (52) DOI: 10.1073 ...

The Moonhouse, the size of a big hand, was ready to hitch a ride to the moon on a lunar lander operated by the Japanese company ispace. It was set for transport on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket that ...

So far three capsules have been sent out with payloads, with one landing on the moon last year. Everything submitted will be recorded on a metal disc the size of a dime, called the NanoFiche ...

Japanese moon exploration company ... Both landers' missions will last a full lunar day, or roughly two weeks. They will not survive the frigid lunar night where temperatures can plunge to roughly ...

and penumbra (the lighter outer shadow)—can last up to 3–4 hours. However, the totality phase—when the moon is fully within Earth's umbra and appears reddish—typically lasts between 30 ...