So this one is one of those little cosmic events that doesn’t always steal the headlines—the Moon at perihelion. Basically, that’s just a fancy way of saying the Moon is at the closest point to the ...

Since the 1990s, astronomers have found a handful of other dwarf planets in the belt, such as Eris and Sedna, along with ...

I was born in 1955, at a time when the USA was entering a new age of technology characterized by the dawn of computing, and when we were first attempting to get a satellite into orbit. This was ...

February may be the shortest month of the year, but it is packed with celestial events, according to a new skywatching update from NASA.

The eclipse will be visible across North America, but set your alarm -- you'll need to stay up late to see it.

Patience plus curiosity could turn bumps into learning today. Early on, the anxious Capricorn Moon squares touchy Chiron, poking tender spots. We may react defensively until we remember what truly ...

Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, may have formed in a collision with another moon, and ...

Of the solar system’s planets, Saturn piques the human imagination with its signature rings and impressive moon count of 274. But compelling new research reignites theories of an ancient collision ...

Enceladus’s geysers power vast electromagnetic wave systems that redistribute energy throughout Saturn’s magnetosphere.