April’s pink “micromoon” will appear smaller than other full moons this year as it nears its farthest point from Earth in its ...

An asteroid called 2020 CD3 was bound to Earth for several years before leaving the planet’s orbit in 2020 and another called 2022 NX1 became a mini-moon of Earth in 1981 and 2022 and will return ...

Planetary alignments have always been a fascinating subject, both for scientists and astrology enthusiasts alike. The idea that planets aligning in a straight line could ... Read more The post ...

Out past Neptune are countless small icy and rocky bodies called Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs), and many of these have moons as well. While some TNOs could be called dwarf planets because of their ...

China has successfully established the world's first three-satellite constellation on the distant retrograde orbit (DRO) in ...

An astral animated TED-Ed lesson written by Elise Cutts explains how the tides on Earth are impacted both by the sun and the ...

Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This alignment ensures the entire side of the Moon that faces us gleams under sunlight. Thanks to the Moon’s orbit around Earth ...

This image illustrates the three-satellite constellation based on the Distant Retrograde Orbit (DRO) in the Earth-moon space. (Technology and Engineering ...

A new image has emerged of the Red Planet rising above the lunar limb after being occulted by the moon in January.

The time of the full moon will be at 00:22 UTC on April 13, which is four hours ahead of Eastern Daylight Time. The date is ...

Venus could make a brief appearance this weekend as it passes between the Earth and the sun. Just be warned: It won't be easy to spot in the sun's glow, according to astronomers. The orbit Venus ...

Such an alignment happens about every 19 months because of how Venus and Earth orbit the sun. The moment of inferior ... Venus has phases just like the moon. Before and after the conjunction ...