Data from NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) was used to create a water distribution map of the ...

Catch our satellite side by side with bright planet Venus in the western sky after sunset, not far from the bright star Spica ...

Experience one of nature’s most breathtaking spectacles in this time-lapse simulation of a total solar eclipse. Watch as the ...

Mars and the crescent Moon hang together in the early-morning sky, straddling the border of Gemini and Taurus.

A distant 'exomoon' the size of Jupiter is changing how we think about the cosmos.

A SpaceX rocket will collide with the moon Wednesday. While Earth is safe, studying the impact could protect future lunar ...

A SpaceX rocket is crashing into the moon overnight. Here's what time it'll make impact, whether the US will see it, and what ...

In the second century BC, the Antikythera Mechanism astounded ancient astronomers with its ability to imitate the Moon's ...

If your social feeds seem filled with meteor showers, eclipses and moon photos lately, there's a good reason: August is putting on one of the year's best skywatching shows that includes a solar ...

August will see planets, meteor showers, and special lunar events in the sky. Will Ohio be able to see them? Here's when to ...

Shielded by white protective suits and powered air-purifying respirators, four college students dug into dusty, sharp-edged ...

The object orbits a brown dwarf that orbits a star, and astronomers aren’t sure if it’s a planet, a moon — or something else entirely.