Over 4.6 billion years ago, Earth took shape from a spinning cloud of dust and gas surrounding the young sun. Tiny particles ...

Originally, the hypothesis was that Theia gave the Earth a glancing blow, and the proto-Earth and Theia lost pieces ending up as one or two moons that eventually formed the Moon. It was thought that a ...

The DSCOVR satellite's Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) captured the moon transit the Earth. Credit: Space.com | ...

Moon is slowly moving away from Earth at a rate of 3.8 centimetres per year. This gradual drift affects Earth’s rotation and ...

BEIJING -- China has successfully established the world's first three-satellite constellation based on the Distant Retrograde ...

As NASA prepares to return to the moon, studying astronaut health and safety is a top priority. Scientists monitor and ...

NASA-led research provides compelling evidence that the Sun plays a significant role in lunar water production. By simulating ...

A herd of African elephants instinctively formed an "alert circle" to protect the younger elephants at the San Diego Zoo ...

A new image has emerged of the Red Planet rising above the lunar limb after being occulted by the moon in January.

Despite decades of searching for this signal, astronomers have yet to find it. The problem is that our Earth is too noisy, making it nearly impossible to capture this whisper. The solution is to go to ...

Skywatchers around the world turned their heads — and lenses to the skies to capture the beauty of April’s full Pink Moon — ...