The recent discovery of a potential gas giant circling the nearby star Alpha Centauri A has led to speculation that it may be ...

As of Thursday, Aug. 14, the moon phase is Waning Gibbous, and it is 69% lit up to us on Earth, according to NASA's Daily ...

The moon will sweep close to the Pleiades open star cluster in the early morning hours of Aug. 16-17, with the ice giant ...

A seasonal black moon, to appear on August 22 or 23, is the third of four new moons within an astronomical season ...

On Monday night, Aug. 11, the moon will be in its waning gibbous phase at roughly 94% illuminated after this past weekend's ...

Under Trump, NASA is accelerating a push to put a reactor on the moon, ahead of China and Russia. The plan could involve a ...

The Perseid meteor shower 2025 peaked Aug. 12-13, delighting skywatchers worldwide. The Perseid meteor shower peaked on Aug ...

A Blood Moon or total lunar eclipse happens when the Sun, Earth and Moon are lined up. That means the Earth moves directly in ...

A final "gee-whiz" fact you can reveal to your friends is that what you are seeing in Monday's sky is an illusion of ...

The sturgeon moon was also a supermoon, meaning a full moon at the point in its elliptical orbit that's close to Earth.