Earth is parting company with an asteroid that's been tagging along as a “mini moon" for the past two months. The harmless ...

Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes ...

In addition to observations from Earth, current space missions such as NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which has been ...

In November 2024, a supermoon will illuminate the sky, coinciding with various global festivals such as Kartik Purnima, Loy Krathong, and others, enhancing their celebrations. This period also offers ...

Venture capital firms have been investing strongly in rocket makers and satellite manufacturers, marking a shift in the ...

A partial lunar eclipse also unfolded that night, visible in much of the Americas, Africa and Europe as Earth’s shadow fell ...

Dr. Janhunen may have found a solution, though. He studied the known lunar gravitational anomalies found by GRAIL. This satellite mapped the moon's gravity in great detail and found several places ...

In a sprawling plant in the heart of California’s farmland, millions of shells rush down a metallic chute and onto a conveyor ...

This month won't be nearly as busy as October, which included a supermoon, a pass from the elusive Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan ... 18 along with a partial lunar eclipse, and October's super ...

Supermoons might sound otherworldly or like a lunar mystery, but they’re relatively ... That award goes to the one that occurred on Aug. 30, 2023—it was 222,043 miles from Earth.

WASHINGTON — NASA expects to determine by early next year the next steps for a lunar rover mission it canceled in July amid some confusion over the timing of that decision. Speaking at an Oct.