On Dec. 27, 2024, NASA's Juno spacecraft swooped by the volcanic world Io. It witnessed a giant eruption.

Venus, Jupiter, and Mars dominate the sky. Catch your last views of Saturn as early in the month, the Moon passes in front of ...

The moon may still be geologically active, judging from the way the lunar far side is wrinkling as the moon contracts. At ...

Currently, it is performing flybys of three of the Galilean moons: Ganymede, Europa, and Io. We've reported on Juno's Io flybys previously. A massive hotspot larger the Earth's Lake Superior can be ...

Humans are inching closer to living beyond Earth, but sustaining life on the moon or Mars requires a critical resource: water ...

A New Moon is a common lunar event that happens every 29.5 days. These lunations are part of the synodic month measured from one New Moon to the next. Every zodiac sign has its New Moon moment ...

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 ...

Sep. 19, 2024 — By staring into the hellish landscape of Jupiter's moon Io -- the most volcanically active location in the solar system -- astronomers have been able to study a fundamental ...

What is the moon phase today? Today, Feb. 3, 2025, the moon is 5 days old, in the waxing crescent phase of its lunar cycle. It is 32% illuminated. Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the ...

The night sky tonight and on any clear night offers an ever-changing display of fascinating objects you can see, from stars and constellations to bright planets, the moon, and sometimes special ...

The search for water on the Moon has captivated scientists for decades. Beyond its implications for understanding planetary ...