A six-mile-thick crust of methane trapped in water ice could explain many of the saturnian moon's weird properties ...

November’s major meteor shower ramps up as the Moon reaches perigee shortly before its Full phase in the sky this week.

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Astronomers have discovered a rocky Earth-like planet around a white dwarf star, hinting at our planet's future about eight billion years from now.

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The Martian new year arrives with the Red Planet’s vernal equinox. Explaining why requires a deep dive into celestial ...

Written by the former chief historian of NASA, the book examines the evolution of our cosmic understanding—from early civilizations to the present day ...

Trump warned of election fraud and called Nancy Pelosi a “bitch” at his final rally. Harris closed out her campaign with ...

Credit: Astronomy: Roen Kelly The moonrise and moonset ... passing in front of them and hiding them from view behind its bright face. We’ll cover this exciting event in our column next week ...

The nearby bright star Vega is surrounded by a surprisingly smooth, 100 billion-mile-wide disk of cosmic dust, confirming ...

Despite their destructive forces, black holes are often seen in with a companion, such as a star, neutron star, white dwarf, or even another black hole. However, a study published Oct. 23 in ...

The era of the International Space Station (ISS) is coming to a close. In the near future, NASA plans to bring down the station in a controlled deorbit. The end of the ISS will leave a large gap ...