The leading explanation for all of these mysteries is known as the giant impact hypothesis. According to this story, when the ...

Out past Neptune are countless small icy and rocky bodies called Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs), and many of these have moons ...

In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could potentially threaten Earth. This observation ...

As Venus approaches its inferior conjunction, astrophotographers have snapped some striking shots of the crescent planet ...

Our planet's closest and brightest neighbor will pass approximately between the Earth and sun this week, in what's called an ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Venus will pass between the Earth and sun on Saturday during what’s called an inferior conjunction. But don’t ...

A space probe named Hera captured images of Mars' small Deimos moon while on a mission to examine an asteroid.

Scientists found that some slopes on the Moon stay cold enough to hold ice. This could expand water sources for future space ...

With Earth's shadow cast over it, the moon appears to us to be dimmer and more reddish than usual. Blue Ghost witnessed something entirely different from the lunar surface. As the cosmic lineup ...

Ready for a show? On the night of March 13 into the early hours of March 14, a total lunar eclipse will occur as the moon moves into the Earth's umbra, or shadow, turning the bright white lunar ...

The first total lunar eclipse in more than two years lit up the sky last night as humanity, forever fascinated with the Earth ...

"As soon as we can get it going, we would want to start having some type of presence on the moon sustainably," she told ...