On Sept. 14, 1959, the Soviet probe Luna 2 -- known informally as Lunik 2 -- became the first Earth-launched space vehicle to ...

The first supermoon of 2025 is set to light up the skies on October 6, and it’s not just any full moon. This one’s called the ...

Scientists have identified what could be a second moon circling our planet, which acts differently from the one we are ...

The winners of the 2025 ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year Award have been revealed, showcasing a spectacular selection ...

In March 1968, the Soviet Union had a partial success with Zond 4. With this launch, they were able to take the spacecraft ...

NASA has selected Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen as the crew for the Artemis 2 mission. They are scheduled to launch no ...

Three celestial bodies are preparing to meet up for one night in September in a cosmic conjunction that should be widely ...

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost mission successfully makes a Moon landing, marking a milestone for NASA and its commercial partners.

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For more than sixty years, a tiny asteroid has been moving in step with Earth, hidden from view until recently. Astronomers now confirm that this small body, named 2025 PN7, is traveling in a special ...

Back in the 1980s when I caught the ‘Doctor Who' bug, I read Gerry Davis' book ‘Doctor Who and the Cybermen'. It turned out ...

Aristotle had one of the first important scientific theories and was the one who found out the world is round.