In August 2025, skywatchers will be treated to a planet parade like no other, with six planets and the Moon visible in the ...

In a recent study published in Communications Earth & Environment, researchers have uncovered an astonishing revelation about ...

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Catch the solar system’s largest planet satellite sharing the constellation Gemini the Twins with our Moon this morning ...

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New moons are the cardinal phase of the monthly lunar cycle, and they occur when the sun and moon meet at the same point in ...

The deep-space optical communication link could revolutionize how scientists communicate with spacecraft as they explore the ...

Meet the surprising, oddball worlds moving around our solar system. From meteorites that impact Earth, to a moon that orbits backwards, to an imposter lurking in the asteroid belt, a variety of ...

It’s a moon outside our solar system, which we can’t see directly, but when it passes in front of a star the light from that star dims -- and that how it's detected.

Recreating artificial solar eclipses in space could help astronomers decipher the inner workings of our sun much quicker than ...

This moon out in the outer solar system, which is much smaller than the Earth, could potentially have more water within it than we have in our own oceans on the Earth.

NASA is working on discovering exactly what time it is on the moon by creating a standardized time zone. The space agency hopes to then use that standard elsewhere in the solar system.