Lunar minerals generate the rust mineral hematite when bombarded with high-energy oxygen particles, experiments show.

Researchers are discussing 2025 PN7, a small celestial body that's following a similar orbital path to our planet's without being gravitationally tied to Earth ...

Would you guess that the Earth is spinning at 1,000 mph around its axis and at the same time hurtling through space on its ...

Obtained by UB as part of a project to observe last year's total solar eclipse, the telescope will be used for education and ...

Saturn will put on a show for professional and backyard astromers alike, and be the brightest and closest it has been to ...

Summer is officially over September 22, at 2:19 p.m. Time to hang up the surfboard, deflate the beach balls, stow the grill, ...

A partial solar eclipse happens Sunday in parts of the Southern Hemisphere. Saturn will also appear at its brightest, with Earth directly between it and the sun.

This has been calculated by those American researchers who spend all day staring at the stars and the Moon. They use laser ...

SKYWATCH: This year marks the 50th anniversary of the discovery, just inside Jupiter’s orbit, of Kohoutek, a comet synonymous ...

The sun has become increasingly active since 2008, a new NASA study shows. Solar activity is known to fluctuate in cycles of ...

So the bottom line is that the gravity of the closer tidal bulge on the Earth is pulling the Moon forward, which increases ...

The clear views of Saturn are because it will be making its closest pass to us here on Earth for 2025, giving us the clearest and brightest view we’ll get all year. It will be ‘in opposition’ this ...