Planetary alignments have always been a fascinating subject, both for scientists and astrology enthusiasts alike. The idea ...

So how did our planet end up with such a special moon? The answer is that, surprisingly enough, the moon is a piece of our ...

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander will attempt to use Earth's GPS system from the lunar surface. If successful, this will ...

The US astronauts stranded on the International Space Station are home at last — more than nine months after their days-long ...

a moon-bound NASA orbiter known as the Lunar Trailblazer, a commercial deep space asteroid prospecting probe named Odin, and a privately-built space tug designed to work in Earth orbit.

For example, the sun’s gravity tugs harder on the moon than Earth’s does! So does the moon orbit the sun or our planet? Well, the trick here is that both Earth and the moon orbit the sun together.

Thanks to the Moon’s orbit around Earth, the angle of sunlight hitting the lunar surface and being reflected back to our planet changes. That creates different lunar phases. The next Full Moon ...

The moon does not orbit the Earth in a perfectly flat plane around our planet’s equator. Rather, its orbit is slightly cockeyed, tilted at an angle of 5.145 degrees. That means that sometimes ...

The tri-state area is being treated to a full lunar eclipse early tomorrow. If you manage to be awake between 2:26 a.m. and 3:31 a.m. on Friday, you’ll notice the full moon taking on a reddish hue for ...

Fram2, the first human spaceflight to orbit the poles ... On long-duration missions to Mars – or even the moon – Earth is a long distance away in the event of a medical emergency.

The dark skies during a new moon provide ideal conditions for spotting skywatching targets that would otherwise be outshined by moonlight. The next new moon will occur on Saturday, March 29, at 6: ...