Earth may have had a Saturn-like ring system long ago, created from the debris of a passing asteroid that our planet tore ...

The ESA's Juice mission designed to scan Jupiter's moons for signs of life has used those instruments to confirm Earth is ...

At its peak, the Earth's shadow covered only 9% of the moon's diameter over Boston. This means about 4% of the moon's surface entered the umbra, the darkest portion of the Earth's shadow. Most of the ...

The full harvest supermoon shone brightly in the night sky Tuesday evening. A partial lunar eclipse, with a “bite” taken from ...

The night sky will host a celestial event of profound significance this week, with the Harvest Supermoon accompanied by a ...

Shine on Harvest Moon,” a song well over a century old, will undoubtedly be playing in my head this week. OK, I’m showing my ...

SpaceX passed 60 launches for the year from the Space Coast early Thursday with a Falcon 9 mission taking a set of five ...

Europa was first discovered in 1610 by Florentine astronomer, physicist, and engineer Galileo Galilei. Using a homemade ...

Saturn will enter opposition tonight, marking the point at which the Earth is directly between the ringed planet and the sun.

Saturn's axis tilts around 27 degrees with its path around the Sun. Throughout its 29.5-year journey, this tilt affects how sunlight reaches the planet’s rings and moons, altering their ...

The ringed planet reaches opposition, Mars slips past the open cluster M35, and the original Cepheid variable shines in the ...