The Moon is a moving target; the combination of the Moon's 2,288 miles-per-hour orbit and Earth's 1,000 miles-per-hour rotation makes our satellite a ... the Moon is constantly being illuminated by ...

An astral animated TED-Ed lesson written by Elise Cutts explains how the tides on Earth are impacted both by the sun and the ...

A team from the University of Bern and the National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) PlanetS has developed a ...

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 ...

See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2025. Today, April 14, 2025, the moon is 16 days old and is in the Full Moon phase of its lunar cycle.

Chinese scientists analyzing samples from the Moon’s farside have uncovered that its mantle holds significantly less water ...

Earth and environmental sciences cover all aspects of Earth and planetary sciences, and broadly encompasses solid Earth processes, surface and atmospheric dynamics, Earth system history, climate ...

A stunning new image from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is allowing astronomers to examine the complex and turbulent final stages of a dying star's life.

WASHINGTON :Neuroscientists have produced the largest wiring diagram and functional map of a mammalian brain to date using tissue from a part of a mouse's cerebral cortex involved in vision ...

Named after astronaut Alan Shepard, the first American in space, the gum drop-shaped New Shepard launch vehicle is designed to be fully reusable, with a capsule that returns to Earth via three ...

Four planets in the solar system are about to appear in alignment in the night sky. Here's how stargazers will be able to see ...