On Sept. 17, 1789, the British astronomer William Herschel discovered Saturn's "Death Star" moon, Mimas. Of course, "Star ...
Admire 8 beautiful Moon images from NASA Hubble, each capturing rare details of our closest cosmic neighbor., Technology & ...
The provisionally named S/2025 U1 is so small it had gone unnoticed by probes and telescopes for the past 40 years.
The moon is near new phase this week, and clearer skies and cooler overnight temperatures means that this is also an optimum ...
A University of Idaho professor was part of a team that discovered a new moon in the solar system. The UI announced Thursday that physics professor Matthew Hedman helped discover a moon orbiting ...
New moon FILE PHOTO: This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the planet Uranus reveals the planet's rings, several inner moons, and bright clouds in the planet's southern hemisphere. A new study of ...
The initial sniff of extraterrestrial air might already be within our telescopes’ reach. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope ...
For more than sixty years, a tiny asteroid has been moving in step with Earth, hidden from view until recently. Astronomers ...
When is the next new moon?The next new moon occurs on Oct. 21, at 8:25 a.m. EDT (1225 GMT).A new moon occurs when the moon is directly between Earth and the sun, with its shadowed side pointing ...