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Dog days. These hot August nights can be great for stargazing. Here’s a look at what’s going on above us right now and later ...
Alongside the planets will be the August 2025 full moon, called the sturgeon moon, which is expected to reach peak ...
The full moons each have a name, a tradition that comes from early cultures using the lunar cycle to track time and seasonal changes. August's full moon is known as the Sturgeon Moon, according to ...
Nicknamed "Smilin’ Jim” by his fellow astronauts, Jim Lovell was known for his wit and quick grin, said acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy.
The only person to fly to the Moon twice but never trod its surface had some amazing stories to tell. Originally published ...
Astronomers have discovered the oldest and most distant black hole — a behemoth that likely formed at the dawn of the ...
The space explorer was determined throughout his life, says Teasel Muir-Harmony, the curator of the Apollo Collection at the ...
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning image of a high-speed comet traveling through our solar system. Scientists ...
Astronomers found strong evidence that a gassy Jupiter-size world is orbiting one of three stars in the stellar system ...
Discovered last month by a telescope in Chile, the comet known as 3I-Atlas is only the third known interstellar object to pass our way.
New images from the Hubble telescope show an extrasolar entity as it hurtles through our solar system at speeds of more than 130,000 mph (210,000 km/h).
From the full Sturgeon moon to a planet parade and the Perseid meteor shower, August is full of stargazing opportunities.