The full moon will come "with a celestial bonus—setting in the early morning sky near a dazzling alignment of Saturn, Venus, ...

"Eight minutes later, the orbiter started receiving data from the descent probe, which slammed into the top of the Jovian atmosphere at a comet-like speed of 170,000 kilometers per hour," NASA ...

Recent flybys of the fiery world refute a leading theory of its inner structure—and reveal how little is understood about geologically active moons.

The full buck moon will reach its peak illumination on Thursday, July 10. It’s just one of this month’s celestial highlights.

NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft made its closest approach to Jupiter. It came within 354,000 miles (570,000 kilometers) of the ...

To get a glimpse of the “Swift Planet,” EarthSky suggests waiting for the sun to set before looking west for the planet ...

The moon will be 99% full Friday night, and with mostly clear skies expected for Louisville in the evening, tonight is a good ...

A series of planets will align in the early morning skies before sunrise through July 4, including Jupiter, Uranus, Mars, Neptune, Saturn, the dwarf planet Pluto and the moon. The rare parade of ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — NASA's Europa Clipper mission on Monday launched a satellite to investigate Europa, Jupiter’s “mysterious moon” — a world covered in ice that scientists say could ...

The Dark Sides Of Uranus's Moons Are The Wrong Way Round It seems that there is nothing quite standard about the seventh planet of the Solar System.