Stuck in space no more, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Needham native Suni Williams returned to Earth on Tuesday.

More than 50 years after Apollo 8’s legendary Earthrise photo, a new image from the Moon’s surface delivers a hauntingly ...

There are two types of eclipses—solar eclipses and lunar eclipses. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth comes in between the ...

The first total lunar eclipse in more than two years lit up the sky last night as humanity, forever fascinated with the Earth ...

In addition to photographing the eclipse itself, the event can also be seen in a reflection on Blue Ghost’s solar panel array ...

Why Do Lunar Eclipses Occur? There are a couple of space facts that you need to be aware of to better understand why exactly ...

The vernal equinox occurs as Mercury stands still in Pisces and several of Jupiter’s moons transit in the sky this week.

A total lunar eclipse is a relatively rare astronomical event because the moon usually passes above or below Earth’s shadow ...

While the car-sized spacecraft flew around the Mars system, flight controllers on Earth temporarily lost communication with ...

The tri-state area is being treated to a full lunar eclipse early tomorrow. If you manage to be awake between 2:26 a.m. and 3 ...

Harvard astronomers have announced the discovery of over 100 previously undiscovered moons orbiting the planet Saturn.