Lunar Commercial Orbital Transfer Services will likely allow visits of private astronauts to the moon, just as Commercial ...

A new moon in Gemini will darken Southern Utah skies on Monday, sparking an airy, curious vibe. Enhanced by a harmonious ...

Floated by Carl Sagan in the 1970s, terraforming Mars has been relegated to the pages of science fiction. But could it work?

June 2025 offers skywatchers a trio of celestial events, including Venus at its greatest western elongation on June 1, the Strawberry Full Moon on June 11 and the summer solstice on June 21.

Scientists have discovered a new bacteria species called niallia tiangongensis aboard China's Tiangong space station.

A decade after the release of "The Martian" and a decade out from the world it envisions, how close is reality to fiction?

Earth and space mingle in stunning ways for the 2025 Milky Way Photographer of the Year contest. From the “geological ...

The billions of stars comprising the Milky Way, our home galaxy, should appear especially vibrant in May 2025 as the band arcs across the night sky.

There have been proposed hypotheses as to how the Moon could have developed a core dynamo. For instance, a 2022 analysis ...

The puzzling behavior of Titan's atmosphere has been revealed. The team has shown that the thick, hazy atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon doesn't spin in line with its surface, but instead wobbles ...

The perception of space has changed dramatically over the past two decades. What was once the realm of government programs and science fiction is now a dynamic, fast-moving engine of commercial ...

For North Americans, this is an eye-catching sight, visible even from brightly lit cities.