Project A119 was a Cold War-era response to Sputnik, with the goal of using a nuclear explosion in space to scare the Soviets ...

China's space agency has opened up a first round of applications for researchers to borrow its Chang'e 6 lunar far side ...

November's full moon, known as the Beaver Moon, will be the last supermoon of the year, and you can catch it next week.

It may sound like something out of a sci-fi movie, but Earth's "mini-moon" is here to stay for a couple of months.

Earth’s newly captured mini-moon 2024 PT5 will depart in November, highlighting the fascination with transient asteroids.

On September 29, 2024, Earth captured a tiny asteroid named 2024 PT5, turning it into a temporary mini-moon. It won't be around much longer.

The Beaver Moon, the next full moon and last supermoon of 2024, will light up Michigan skies in mid-November. Here's what to ...

As part of their ongoing "What If?" series, Randall Munroe of xkcd and Henry Reich of MinutePhysics looked at what might ...

A recent study points to an exciting possibility: that Uranus's moon Miranda, located in the far reaches of our solar system, ...

These changes in appearance are the phases of the moon. As the moon orbits Earth, it cycles through eight distinct phases. The four primary phases of the moon (new moon, first quarter, full moon ...