Over 4.6 billion years ago, Earth took shape from a spinning cloud of dust and gas surrounding the young sun. Tiny particles ...

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 ...

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

Multiple spacecraft captured the moon's shadow sweeping across North America at more than 1,500 mph during the 2024 total ...

The full moon will occult the star Spica only 28 minutes later for ... When the moon is exactly on the opposite side of the Earth from the sun, you have a full moon. Lunar phases are determined ...

NOIRLab shared stunning views of the total lunar eclipse in the night sky over Chile, complete with a blood red moon and beautiful, star-studded Milky Way.

The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon ... the heart of Scorpius, the star Antares, stands some 20° high in the south.

Venus could make a brief appearance this weekend as it passes between the Earth and the sun ... brightest object in our sky after the sun and the moon. Look for locations with unobstructed ...