The Seven Sisters Eclipse occurs when the moon in its waning crescent phase moves across the Pleiades and blocks the stars ...

High on a ridge 5,250 meters above sea level in southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, a new eye onto the infant ...

The annual competition for professional and amateur astrophotographers released its shortlisted images, which capture the ...

Scientists have found that Uranus is emitting its own internal heat — even more than it receives from sunlight — and this ...

Astronomers have uncovered a massive, hidden exoplanet nestled in the dusty disc of a young star—MP Mus—by combining ...

NASA is focused on the moon as a crucial stepping stone for future deep space exploration. Earth's moon is a 4.5-billion-year ...

Before defining what a light-year is, we should define what a light-year is not: It is not a measure of time, but rather a ...

Europa Clipper is NASA’s bold mission to investigate whether Jupiter’s moon Europa could harbor life beneath its frozen ...