The DSCOVR satellite's Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) captured the moon transit the Earth. Credit: Space.com | ...

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory director Laurie Leshin discussed various outer space endeavors in an earth and planetary ...

"If there were only one object, that would be interesting but an outlier. If there's two, we're pretty confident that's a ...

NASA scientists have sought to understand planet Jupiter, the gas giant whose mass is more than the rest of the planets in ...

Apparently, it’s moving further away from the Earth each year. At an annual rate of 3.82 centimeters, the moon's creeping ...

Orion, the capsule that will carry the Artemis 2 astronauts on a mission around the moon and back, has been officially handed ...

Earth has only one natural satellite, the moon, which is relatively large compared to its parent planet. It orbits Earth at ...

A celestial leap is set to take place over two nights as the moon and Jupiter will appear to dance near to each other in the ...

This month features exciting astronomical events, including the Eta Aquarids meteor shower, the Flower Moon and the New Moon.

Researchers suggest a hidden population of lunar fragments, or 'minimoons', may be traveling near Earth, indicating more than ...

The next full moon, the Flower Moon, will illuminate Michigan skies in mid-May 2025, peaking May 12. Here's a look at what to know.

Today, we know that M44 contains about 1,000 gravitationally bound stars, and that it’s about 577 light-years away from Earth ...