As the bright star Regulus and the Beehive Cluster shine close by. The moon will appear to skip over Mars between the nights ...

The King of the Planets teams up with an exceedingly narrow crescent moon for the last time this year in the evening sky on ...

Our moon is a particularly unusual example of moons when it comes to planetary bodies. Though many other planets in the solar ...

However, as these planets make their way across the sky in this "parade", Mars is expected to suddenly disappear, due to it passing directly behind the full moon. Stock image of Mars (main ...

If you’re pining for more planet sightings, April is your lucky month. After sunset on April 2, the crescent moon and Jupiter appeared in the western sky looking as if they're within a palm’s ...

That's not very much, but it's actually pushing the limits of how large a moon can be in relation to its planet. It is impossible for a moon to exceed the mass of its planet because the definition ...

But is our moon actually a planet? The answer is technically no — at least according to NASA and the International Astronomical Union (IAU), an important global authority in astronomy.

Though the planets are always “aligned,” seeing more than four in the sky is more uncommon. February’s lineup is a chance to glimpse all seven in one sweeping view. Planets Venus (top ...

It will eventually break free of the planet’s gravitational orbit. Sadly, at just about 10 meters, the mini-moon will be extremely hard to see from Earth, but its presence will be there ...

A cosmic spectacle is unfolding overhead, with a rare parade of planets turning the night sky ... Mars is near the moon right now. It is in opposition, making it one of the brightest objects ...

As 2025 begins, so comes the first full moon of the year. 2025's first full moon will be the last of four consecutive supermoons, according to NASA. But it's a pretty eventful lunar phase.

The researcher team explained that a planet-moon system with a highly eccentric orbit is more likely to host one of these circumbinary polar “moons,” which would in turn drive retrograde ...