A newly discovered space rock zoomed safely by Earth on Wednesday (Oct. 15) at only about a quarter of the average distance ...

As of Sunday, Oct. 19, the moon phase is Waning Crescent. Tonight, only 4% will be lit up, according to NASA's Daily Moon ...

When Earth is opposite Mars from the sun, it will appear full because you’re looking directly on the daylit side. But ...

Roughly 4.5 billion years ago, the young solar system was a swirling cloud of gas and dust that formed the first asteroids ...

On October 20, 1970, the Soviet Union launched the Zond 8 spacecraft on a mission to the moon. This was the last mission in ...

The moon's influence is huge, both for human civilization and life as a whole. Its destruction would have catastrophic ...

Could Artemis III astronauts collect some lunar samples that shed light on the moon's mysterious past? That's what a team of ...

Watch Orionid meteor shower 2025 light up tonight's sky. Here's when, where, what time to see the bright Orionids peak ...

A rare encounter of two comets this week will have stargazers in awe after nearly a year of no easily seen comets.

Mystics often attribute this orange color to 'Blood Moon,' or total lunar eclipse. But as it turns out, it is just simple ...