Prior to 2040, the last planetary quintuplet occurred in the year 1186, and according to Uptain, records show that the close ...

The moon dims, the meteors fly, and the planets dance—these are the most exciting celestial events happening this month.

Mars does have two moons, but they're really just captured asteroids. Earth is the only rocky planet in the solar system with a significant moon. And the moon really is significant: It's roughly 1 ...

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

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

If that’s too long to wait, two total lunar eclipses are also coming, one in September and another next March. Unlike total ...

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

Saturn surpasses Jupiter with 128 newly discovered moons, becoming the planet with the most moons in our solar system.

The James Webb Space Telescope identified the lights in the distant planet’s atmosphere, which could not be seen by earlier ...