Every year, the moon moves just a little farther away from our planet. Scientists have calculated the rate at which our ...

Venn diagrams show at a glance the similarities and differences between concepts, things, or people. The commonalities appear in the area of overlap, known as the intersection. Venn diagrams are ...

The finding could explain the long-running mystery of why the surfaces of the lunar near and far sides are so different.

The DSCOVR satellite's Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) captured the moon transit the Earth. Credit: Space.com | ...

Not so fast. Our Weird Animal Question of the Week comes from Tristan Ishtar, who asked: "What's the difference between a rabbit and a hare? And is that where 'hare brained' came from?" ...

Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s signs and menus look exactly alike—down to that cheery little star logo. Are they the same restaurant owned by someone who couldn’t decide on a name, or are the ...

That's despite it currently being a crescent, as the young moon is each month. How can that be? Venus, an inner planet as seen from Earth, was between the Earth and the sun on March 23 ...

See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2025. Today, May 21, 2025, the moon is 24 days old and is in the waning crescent phase of its lunar ...

The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This alignment ensures the entire side of the Moon that faces us gleams under ...

NASA researchers got a rare chance to study Uranus' atmosphere and rings this month, when the ice giant passed between Earth and a distant star, creating a "stellar occultation." This rare event ...

Credit: NASA/Advanced Concepts Laboratory NASA researchers got a rare chance to study Uranus' atmosphere and rings this month, when the ice giant passed between Earth and a distant star ...