DW flew about 139,000 miles (224,000 km) away from Earth. The space rock was estimated to be about 43 feet wide (13 m).

It’s certainly possible to consume water sourced from the icy rings of Saturn, but doing so safely may require extra steps ...

The interview with Conan O'Brien sent conspiracy theorists into a frenzy as they believed Aldrin discussing parts of the moon ...

Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's not aliens.) ...

Because Pluto is so dim, you need a telescope to see it. “A backyard telescope could do it under the right conditions,” says Grundy. Or you could visit a local observatory and use one of their ...

The burgeoning space industry and the technologies society increasingly relies on – electric grids, aviation and ...

Here's why July's full moon is going to appear lower on the horizon. The reason is that the Earth is in the midst of "a major lunar standstill," which has to do with the moon's orbit around the Earth.

Why does the moon look big? What to know about the 'Moon Illusion' There's something neat that happens when the full moon is closer to the horizon; it looks HUGE. Especially when you glimpse it poking ...

Here’s one related to eclipses: The Moon’s orbit tilts 5.14° to Earth’s orbit around the Sun. This is the reason we don’t have solar eclipses at every New and lunar eclipses at each Full ...