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What color is moonlight typically, and what other colors can moonlight look like from our perspective on Earth?
Scientists have found cell-like compartments called vesicles on Titan, Saturn's largest moon, which could form the precursors ...
In fact, American astronomer Scott S. Sheppard has found over 60 moons circling Jupiter. Unless there are a lot more moons ...
July's third quarter moon phase occurs at 8:38 EDT (0038 GMT) on July 17. At this moment, skywatchers in the northern ...
Astronomers have likely witnessed a planet forming in real time, seen inside a spiral arm of the HD 135344B protoplanetary ...
The moon, Saturn and Neptune will rise a little before midnight for those in the U.S. Heads up stargazers! The moon will rise ...
People have long wondered what life was first like on Earth, and if there is life in our solar system beyond our planet.
A paper published this week by doctoral candidate Te Han and his adviser, Paul Robertson, probably shrinks the number of ...
Throughout August, early risers will be able to spot two planets before sunrise: Jupiter and Venus. The pair will be shining ...
According to a new study, Earth's mini-moons may not be from the asteroid belt after all. They're made of Moon.
New moons are the cardinal phase of the monthly lunar cycle, and they occur when the sun and moon meet at the same point in ...
The latest entry in the 'Donkey Kong' series is a banana-fuelled blast, and may be one of the best platforming games in ...