A quirk of planetary positions will make Saturn's 200,000-mile-around rings disappear for one night on March 23. Plan ahead, ...

The Antikythera computer captured the ancient Greek passion for mathematics, and especially geometry, and science.

Getting from Earth to space isn’t just about speed—it’s about planning the right trajectory. The Moon, our closest neighbor, ...

The climate change movement has managed to closely associate themselves with the left of the political spectrum, producing a ...

The number of known moons in our Solar System has been rising for centuries, but astronomers say it has probably peaked – for ...

If you're willing to be awake at 2:30am, you can watch a lunar eclipse early this Friday morning, when the moon will turn a stunning shade of red.

The latest analysis of data from the Galileo probe reveals surprising clues about Callisto, one of Jupiter's moons. These ...

For centuries, Jupiter reigned as king of the moons. Initially, the Big Four, discovered by Galileo, and then as optics and astronomy advanced, more and more, smaller and smaller bodies, until Big J ...

Using data collected by NASA's Juno spacecraft as it flew past Jupiter's highly volcanic moon Io in late 2023 and again in ...

Using data collected by NASA’s Juno spacecraft as it flew past Jupiter’s highly volcanic moon Io in late 2023 and again in ...

NASA and the Italian Space Agency have made history by successfully tracking GPS signals on the moon for the first time. This ...

Once its rings vanish from sight in March 2025, Saturn will look like a pale yellow sphere through most telescopes.