Shooting stars have long inspired wonder in people, but just how hard is it to catch sight of them? There are a few tricks ...

Sixteenth century Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe laid the framework for modern cosmology without ever using a telescope.

A Chinese rover has found new evidence to support the theory that Mars was once home to a vast ocean, including tracing some ...

China's Chang'e-6 robotic spacecraft in June made history by retrieving the first surface samples from the far side of the ...

After analyzing the sample brought by Chang'e-6, researchers found that the moon’s oldest and deepest crater on its far side ...

Researchers analyzed lunar soil brought back by China's Chang'e-6, the first spacecraft to return with a haul of rocks and ...

New research shows that volcanoes erupted on the far side of the moon billions of years ago, mirroring activity on the near ...

Volcanoes were erupting on the mysterious far side of the moon billions of years ago - Volcanic rock dated back to 4.2 ...

See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2024. Today, Nov. 14, 2024, the moon is 13 days old and is in the Waxing Gibbous phase of its lunar ...

The moon is by far the most luminous object in the night sky. Reaching a maximum brightness of -12.92 magnitude, it's hard to miss as it boldly takes center stage and washes out any celestial ...