The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

Saturn, Venus, Neptune, Uranus, Jupiter, Mars and Mercury will be visible in an uncommon planetary alignment this month.

offering insights that could reshape our understanding of the Earth-Moon system and the broader solar system. The ...

Don't worry. Asteroid 2024 YR4 now has a 99.72% chance of missing Earth in 2032. If you've been worrying about reports of a ...

On the night of March 13 to 14, 2025, the Moon will pass through the Earth's shadow and take on a spectacular reddish hue.

A total lunar eclipse hasn't happened in years, and won't happen again for a few more, so now's the time to take in the ...

In February 2025, all seven of our planetary neighbors will be visible from Earth. So what does such a planetary alignment ...

Planet ‘parades’ are not uncommon. While occasionally spotting 4-5 planets is not unusual, sighting the alignment of all 7 ...

The Blue Ghost lunar lander, built by the Texas-based company Firefly Aerospace for NASA, launched to space on Jan. 15, and ...

But surprisingly, the object’s orbit around the sun is similar to Earth’s, suggesting that 2024 PT5 originated from our corner of the solar system ... with the Earth-Moon system, and then ...

Before arriving at the moon, the small satellite mission will use the gravity of the sun, Earth, and moon over several months ...

A chunk of space rock that visited near Earth's orbit last year was widely called a "mini-moon," a nickname that was more ...