To get a glimpse of the “Swift Planet,” EarthSky suggests waiting for the sun to set before looking west for the planet ...

A new paper from Harvard's sometimes controversial physicist Avi Loeb has suggested that if we want to find advanced alien ...

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It's possible that Mars' moons were originally asteroids that were captured by the planet's gravitational pull. There's also ...

Here's how to watch the July full moon, along with appearances from planets and constellations in the night sky.

Stargazers, mark your calendars! On July 10, 2025, the Buck Moon will grace the night sky, appearing at its fullest. Named ...

Discover which planet has the most moons, along with interesting facts about the occurrence, age, characteristics of these moons, and how they exist within the planet. By Ayukta Zisha Apr 30, 2025 ...

The half-lit lunar disk will rise alongside the ringed giant Saturn and dimmer Neptune in the early morning hours of June 19, ...

Jupiter will be too close to the sun to see Tuesday, but it will move farther out in the dawn sky and on Aug. 12 will have a ...

Pluto will reach its closest approach to Earth and align opposite the Sun on July 25, appearing slightly brighter (magnitude ...

Quick facts about the moon. How far away it is: An average of 238,855 miles (384,400 kilometers) from our planet How big it is: 2,159 miles (3,475 km) across, or about one-fourth our planet's size ...

There is currently a 4.3% chance that the giant space rock 2024 YR4 will hit the moon in seven years. If this does happen, ...