Ganymede is an enormous moon, larger than any other we’ve found, including our own, and may one day be the centerpiece of ...

Pluto and its largest moon Charon could have come together via a 10-hour “kiss-and-capture” encounter after a grazing ...

New research underscores the physics of potential oceans on moons like Europa and Enceladus where aliens could hide ...

Research and development is underway to create robots that can hunt for signs of life in the vast oceans that exist under the ...

Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei peered through his newly improved 20-power homemade telescope at the planet Jupiter. He ...

The night sky up to April 2025 is exquisite for viewing Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. A beautiful spectacle will span the sky looking south on the evenings of January 21st and 22nd when six of the ...

From a total lunar eclipse to meteor showers to space probes, 2025 will be stellar for celestial viewing. Those and more will ...

What is the moon phase today? Today, Jan. 8, 2025, the moon is 9 days old, in the waxing gibbous phase of its lunar cycle. It is 70% illuminated. Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the ...

Here are the dates for the full moons in 2025. The next full moon will be on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. It will officially reach its full moon phase at 5:27 P.M. EST (2227 GMT) but local moonrise ...

The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This alignment ensures the entire side of the Moon that faces us gleams under ...

In the UK's Whitley Bay, a shining waxing crescent Moon glows with Venus to the right Stargazers around the globe were treated to a stunning celestial scene on Friday as Venus appeared shining ...