Ever since William Herschel discovered Uranus in 1781, astronomers have been eager to find new planets on the outer edge of ...

A meteor shower - the Leonids - will also make an appearance, though the brightness of the moon may dampen their splendor.

Get your telescopes ready! The final supermoon of 2024 occurs tonight at 4:29 PM EST! A supermoon occurs when the full moon ...

Children’s books usually show a moon rising at night, but the moon rises in the sky at night only half of the time. The rest ...

The Full Super Moon occults the Pleiades, the ice giant Uranus reaches opposition, and the Leonid meteor shower peaks in the ...

Only two hours after being detected, an asteroid entered Earth's atmosphere and slammed into the Pacific Ocean, seemingly ...

The Roman Coronagraph Instrument, designed to block starlight, will help scientists detect faint light from exoplanets.

The SETI Institute, a scientific research center dedicated to the search for life in the universe, is pleased to offer three ...

It occurs when a full moon happens at the same time as the Moon's closest approach to Earth in its elliptical orbit - a point ...

Fred Schaaf promises plenty of opportunities for spectacular views of the moon, planets and stars these next two weeks.

The Arecibo message contained an image of a man only. But what might seem a sexist choice deserves a more subtle ...

Moonlight obscures most views of meteorites, so viewing should be better ... 11 p.m. The solar system's most-distant planet, ...