The strange blend of surface chemistry on Nix and Hydra raises big question about the evolution of the Pluto system.

Saturn will sidle up to the moon this weekend, as the pair make a close approach of each other in the cold night sky.

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Astronomers used the Two-meter Twin Telescope to catch a "see-you-soon" image of the departing asteroid 2024 PT5.

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On Sunday (Dec. 8), the moon will pass near Saturn, sharing the same right ascension in an event known as a conjunction.

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NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center is managing several payloads of technology instruments that will launch to the moon in ...

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Humankind accomplished new feats in space this year, including scooping up some of the moon’s farside and launching a probe to Jupiter’s moon Europa.

A partial solar eclipse. Numerous eye-catching planetary get-togethers. Saturn's rings perform a vanishing act. In the ...