Scientists have hypothesized since the 1960s that the sun is a source of ingredients that form water on the moon. When a ...

Uranus, the mysterious ice giant, has 27 known moons, each named after literary characters from Shakespeare and Alexander ...

Over 4.6 billion years ago, Earth took shape from a spinning cloud of dust and gas surrounding the young sun. Tiny particles ...

Here’s a little spoiler for next month’s Cosmic Calendar: early May will see the return of the Eta Aquarid meteor shower. The ...

Early on April 25, 2025, a rare triple conjunction of Venus, Saturn, and a crescent Moon will grace the morning sky. This ...

UK stargazers were treated to a partial solar eclipse on Saturday morning, a phenomenon that sees the sun partially obscured by the moon. Up to 40% of the sun was covered as the moon passed ...

Apparently, it’s moving further away from the Earth each year. At an annual rate of 3.82 centimeters, the moon's creeping ...

A critical resource for exploration, much of the water on the moon is thought to be ... 1 million miles per hour, the solar wind bathes the entire solar system. We see evidence of it on Earth ...

The U.S. is in the midst of a second Space Race, and NASA is in a time crunch. How can it keep ambitions for the Moon and ...

The Moon, Venus, and Saturn are expected to briefly align into a rare formation resembling a “smiley face” this week, Nasa ...

Saturn's Moon Titan Could Harbor Life ... Webb Telescope Captures Its First Direct Images of Carbon Dioxide Outside Solar System Mar. 17, 2025 — The James Webb Space Telescope has captured ...

Skygazers across the UK – and in other parts of the world – are looking up to catch the astronomical spectacle.