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 this curious film, a pair of friends venture out into the desert to build an accurate to scale model of our solar system.

A partial solar eclipse happens Sunday in parts of the Southern Hemisphere. Saturn will also appear at its brightest, with ...

A new moon is when the moon shares the same celestial longitude as the sun; the two bodies are said to be in conjunction.

On Sept. 21-22, a partial solar eclipse will see the moon sweep over the sun's disk, blocking its light over a swathe of the ...

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

Experiments on Earth indicate some common species of bacteria and fungi could survive for several days on the moon's surface, ...

Three missions aimed at observing space weather are set to launch Sept. 23 from Florida. Here's what to know about NASA's ...

About 4.6 billion years ago, our corner of space was basically just a boring cloud of gas and dust floating […] ...

The final solar eclipse of 2025, a partial ‘Surya Grahan,’ occurs on September 21–22. While India will miss the live event, ...

Did you see the bright star next to the moon? That was Venus, and part of a conjunction between the moon, Venus and the star ...

Saturn will put on a show for professional and backyard astromers alike, and be the brightest and closest it has been to Earth all year. On Sunday, Sept. 21, Saturn will be at opposition, meaning the ...