#2. The Moon came from Earth. It didn’t form beside our planet, and Earth’s gravity didn’t capture it. The latest theory says ...

Summer arrives for northern observers as the Moon visits Venus, Uranus, and Mercury. Plus: globular cluster M15, double star ...

Today marks the start of Northern Hemisphere summer, and also offers a chance to view night-glowing clouds if you’re lucky.

Honda completes its first reusable rocket test in Japan and plans suborbital launches by 2029. Discover how the company aims to expand into space technology to enhance mobility and satellite services.

Now nearing a close conjunction, Saturn and Neptune sit just to the right of the crescent Moon in the morning sky.

The summer solstice occurs this year on Friday, June 20, at 10:42 P.M. EDT. After the June solstice, days will get shorter ...

Few galaxies are really bright and oriented almost exactly edge-on to our line of sight. One of these is NGC 5907: the ...

Vesta reaches its stationary point in Virgo today. This bright asteroid is easy to find from any location in just a few ...

NASA budget proposal slashes science funding by 47%, putting more than 40 current and planned missions at risk.

This week’s launches include Axiom 4, a historic crewed mission to the ISS, plus multiple satellite deployments from SpaceX ...

When the Sun expands into a red giant, it will swallow the inner solar system and raise the temperature in the outer regions.

China’s Tianwen-2 launched May 29 to collect asteroid samples and study a distant comet, marking a major step in the nation’s ...