When a planet's orbit brings it between Earth and a distant star, it's more than just a cosmic game of hide and seek. It's an ...

The stellar wind spreads the dust particles ahead and behind the world. Its loss of mass rate is estimated to be 10 Earths ...

American Idol judge Luke Bryan reflected on his former colleague Katy Perry going to space on Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Space Flight and shared what the “Roar” singer said after her return to Earth.

The astronomers spotted the planet using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an MIT-led mission that ...

The Andromeda Galaxy's family of dwarfs are an enigma. First it was the unusual flat plane around which more than half of them orbit, and now this lopsidedness. It just goes to show that sometimes it ...

Apparently, it’s moving further away from the Earth each year. At an annual rate of 3.82 centimeters, the moon's creeping ...

The crescent moon will be the centerpiece of April's final astronomical event as it bunches up with Venus, Saturn and Mercury ...

A new kind of microscope called ELVIS is heading to the International Space Station to change how we study life in space. By ...

Astronomy enthusiasts, get ready. A rare 'smiley face' will appear in the sky on April 25th. Venus, Saturn, and the crescent ...

The Lyrids are the oldest, continuously recorded meteor shower, with observations going back more than 2,700 years.

The trans-Neptunian object Altjira, 44 times farther from the Sun than Earth is, could be the second known trinary, ...

Is the Best Time to Spot Mercury . In the early morning, Mercury will rise before the Sun and hang low in the east close to ...