The Earth stands alone in the solar system as a habitable world, as far as we know. But that doesn’t mean we don’t get visitors, most often in the form of (usually harmless) asteroids. Some even ...

In a once-a-year event, Saturn is about to reach opposition, with the ringed planet appearing its best and brightest as it ...

Watch the crescent moon, Venus and the bright star Regulus align in a rare predawn close conjunction tomorrow.

Learn more about tides and tidal bulge, and how they’re contributing to the moon drifting away.

The next full moon will be on Monday, Oct. 6. It will officially reach its full moon phase at 11:48 p.m. EDT (0348 GMT on Oct. 7), but local moonrise times vary depending on location. The moon will ...

An eerie blue hand seems to be reaching out across the universe in a recently released image from NASA’s Chandra X-ray ...

Hexham Abbey will host Luke Jerram’s Gaia artwork this autumn, with the six-metre glowing sphere suspended from the bell tower as part of a six-week programme of concerts, talks, exhibitions and ...

The partial solar eclipse on Sept. 21 will be visible in parts of Australia, Antarctica, and over the Pacific and Atlantic ...

A partial solar eclipse will occur on September 21, 2025. It will be visible in the Southern Hemisphere. Key locations ...

The recent appearance of a blood moon over Ho, the Volta Regional capital, has sparked varied reactions among residents, ...

Over millennia, our view of the stars has shifted, because of Earth’s wobble. It may be time to rethink your sign.

Key to that is the appearance of Baily's beads — the last and first drops of sunlight streaming through valleys on the moon — that signal the beginning ... eclipse on Aug. 2 be visible? "The rotation ...