The next full moon is Saturday, Aug. 9, and is sometimes called the Sturgeon Moon. It gets that name from when "The Great ...

July’s full moon is called "the Buck Moon” because in July, velvet antler growth, called antlerogenesis, makes an older ...

"The impact could pose some danger to equipment or astronauts on the moon, and certainly to satellites and other Earth-orbiting platforms, which are above our atmosphere." ...

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

What if Venus became Earth's moon? Explore how our planet would change if Earth’s twin, a planet almost the same size and ...

As Imhof noted, “Low Earth orbit, where the International Space Station sits, is orbiting 450 kilometres above us. The Moon ...

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

As more satellites are launched into orbit, space agencies are looking at how to predict space weather events that could harm ...

How did Earth, alone among the Solar System's rocky planets, become the home for life? How, among all this frigid ...

Here’s a look at the first moon landing on July 20, 1969. The moon landing was watched by an estimated 600 million people around the world. Facts July 20, 1969 – [4:17 p.m. EDT] Apollo 11 becomes the ...

NASA has issued a startling alert about a “City Killer” asteroid that could hit the Moon by 2032. Experts warn it may disrupt ...

In fact, July 9 could end up being the shortest day ever recorded by the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems ...