Californians can glimpse up to 15 meteors each hour under cloudless skies while the Lyrid meteor shower is underway. The ...

Take a tour of the space volcanoes on other planets and moons across the Solar System, and find out how they differ from ...

We often focus on space observatories that peer beyond Earth. But the vast majority of satellites stare right back at us.

Earlier this week, Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons, as the International Astronomical Union recognised ...

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

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

April marks the last time to see Jupiter at its best before its observing window closes. On Tuesday evening (April 1), ...

By Isabella Kwai The moon slipped between the Earth and the sun on Saturday, casting a shadow on our planet in parts of the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, Europe, Russia and Africa.

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

This placed the ringed planet firmly in the lead. Elsewhere in the Solar System, Earth has one moon, Mars has two, Jupiter has 95, Uranus has 28 and Neptune has 16, for a total of 142 moons.