Saturn is on display in the early-evening sky this month along with Uranus and Neptune, both within reach of binoculars.

The upcoming year will offer a blood-red moon, spectacular meteor showers and the first glimpse of the sun’s corona since ...

Jupiter and Saturn look serene through a backyard telescope, but beneath and around their clouds, both worlds are in dramatic ...

The January 2026 full moon is upon us! Here's what to expect when the "Wolf Moon" prowls over the horizon tonight, kicking ...

It’s the first supermoon of the year—and after January, stargazers won’t see another for many months. Here's how to see it.

Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io blazes with hundreds of hot spots, mountains higher than Everest, and pulsing lava lakes.

The moon's surface may be more than just a dusty, barren landscape. Over billions of years, tiny particles from Earth's atmosphere have landed in the lunar soil, creating a possible source of ...

For billions of years, atoms and molecules from Earth's atmosphere have been traveling through space and settling on the moon. New research explains a long-standing lunar mystery first noticed during ...

When astronauts next go to the moon, they'll find a little bit of home waiting for them. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Atoms ...

Earth’s atmosphere reaches the moon, offering resources for future lunar bases (Image: University of Rochester/Shubhonkar Paramanick) Scientists have discovered that Earth’s atmosphere extends all the ...

A Carnegie-led team of astronomers detected the strongest evidence yet of an atmosphere around a rocky planet beyond our ...

This company plans to fly to the lunar surface more frequently than once in a blue moon -- just one reason I'm eager to delve ...