Beyond their scientific value, these tiny satellites may also hold commercial potential. Because they briefly orbit close to ...

Ever wonder why the moon looks different every night? Well, that's because of a thing called the lunar cycle. This is a recurring series of eight unique phases of the moon's visibility. The whole ...

Astronomers have long been fascinated by the idea that Earth could harbor small, temporary satellites, known as minimoons, ...

A 2.35-billion-year-old Moon rock that fell to Earth in Africa is rewriting what we know about lunar volcanism. This rare ...

China’s Chang’e-6 mission has made lunar history by retrieving the first-ever samples from the Moon’s mysterious farside, ...

July 14 (UPI) -- The Axiom-4 space crew undocked from the International Space Station on Monday morning as it prepares to ...

The planet’s rotation fluctuates as it travels around the sun, and measurements suggest we’re losing more than a millisecond ...

The next full moon is Saturday, Aug. 9, and is sometimes called the Sturgeon Moon. It gets that name from when "The Great ...

Scientists found a rock in Africa that originally came from the Moon after being knocked off by an asteroid impact and ...

On July 9, 2025, scientists at the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) reported that the Earth ...

The moon will be 99% full Friday night, and with mostly clear skies expected for Louisville in the evening, tonight is a good ...

July’s full 'Buck Moon' rises close to aphelion, making it the furthest full moon from the sun in 2025. The July full moon, ...