Saturn gets close to the moon tonight, and skywatchers in Florida, northwestern South America, the Caribbean and Central ...

A camera aboard India’s Aditya-L1 spacecraft captured the Earth and moon. The spacecraft launched atop a PSLV rocket. Credit: ...

These changes in appearance are the phases of the moon. As the moon orbits Earth, it cycles through eight distinct phases. The four primary phases of the moon (new moon, first quarter, full moon ...

When the Moon is directly overhead, its gravitational pull slightly reduces a person's weight on Earth. This is because the ...

For nearly 40 years, scientists have generally agreed that Earth's Moon formed from debris after a massive collision with our ...

An image released from the European Space Agency (ESA) shows a rare perspective of Earth 180 million miles away on Mars.

The annual Leonids meteor shower is due to peak next week, hopefully giving stargazers a treat to brighten up the dark winter ...

The European Space Agency's (ESA) Hera probe recently completed a key manoeuvre which has set it on a path to Mars. The spacecraft will reach the red planet in March 2025 for the first gravity assist.

Says Swatch: “Both the moon and the Earth take approximately 29.5 days to go through all their phases, but in reverse order.

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

The Bioceramic MoonSwatch MISSION TO EARTHPHASE celebrates our two nearest celestial bodies, the Earth and the Moon. Swatch’s ...