An eclipse gives the opportunity to learn more about the sun, moon, stars, and exoplanets which orbit stars outside the solar ...

Why do eclipses come in pairs?

Diagrams of the solar system tend to give the planets top billing, lining them up in colorful rows while the star at the ...

The 2026 Persied meteor shower could be the best one in years, thanks to a new moon that will also cause a total solar ...

A total solar eclipse will darken the skies on Wednesday. Here’s who gets to see it — and why.

Had you told people many years ago that the earth was round, they'd have thought you were lying. As far as our forefathers were concerned, they lived on a flat surface and could fall off at any moment ...

Compact sensor-packed probes, propelled by laser- or Sun-powered sails, could be humanity's first scouts to another star system.

Standing in moonshade with astronauts and children I was struck by the majesty of it all - but another niggling thought ...

NASA's latest Astronomy Picture of the Day shows six major Saturn moons, offering a rare view of the planet's larger ...

A giant asteroid is heading towards Earth, and although this one is not expected to hit us, a NASA-linked asteroid expert says humanity must be prepared for the day a space rock really does come ...

Given the size and age of the universe, it should be full of species with technology far more advanced than our own. But so far there is no trace ...

Chris Williams, Jack Hathaway, Sophie Adenot, and Jessica Meir inside the space station’s cupola waiting to observe the Orion spacecraft—with the Artemis II crew inside—as it reenters Earth’s ...