One morning, the Moon wakes up the Earth — and to its surprise, every planet in the Solar System has transformed into another Earth! What would happen to gravity, orbits, and life as we know it? Get ...

Take a journey through the Milky Way galaxy, exploring the wonders of our solar system and the distant stars that illuminate the night sky. The Milky Way is home to over 100 billion stars, each with ...

It took over nine years for New Horizons to reach Pluto after blasting off atop an Atlas 5 rocket on Jan. 19, 2006. After ...

Scientists now say an interstellar comet discovered earlier this month could be one of the oldest that astronomers have ever encountered.

At these distances, the satellites remain within Earth’s protective magnetic shield and can reliably measure the planet’s response to space weather conditions. However, to more directly study incoming ...

NASA is gearing up for a bold new era of lunar exploration with three advanced instruments set to investigate the Moon’s ...

China’s Chang’e-6 mission has made lunar history by retrieving the first-ever samples from the Moon’s mysterious farside, ...

The icy traveler, called 3I/ATLAS or Comet ATLAS, was discovered on July 1 by the NASA -funded ATLAS survey telescope in Río Hurtado, Chile. This enormous space snowball came from the direction of the ...

China's Chang’e-6 mission has delivered the first-ever samples from the Moon’s far side, shedding light on one of planetary ...

Lake Effect astronomy contributor Jean Creighton shares some myths behind some of our solar system’s most famous moons and ...

The path of totality will carve an arc of darkness across the surface of our planet – at the height of the August tourist ...

Wolves, strawberries and sturgeon may not seem connected at first glance, but each one represents a specific full moon tied ...