The spacecraft's NavCam 1 - one of three cameras that comprised its 'Touch-and-Go' camera system - snapped the photo 804,000 miles (1,297,000 kilometers) from Earth and 735,000 miles (1,185,000 ...

Learn how planet Earth’s only natural satellite was formed, its weird features like a black sky and extreme temperatures and ...

A surprising discovery on the Moon could provide crucial insight into the planet’s early history. The South Pole-Aitken Basin ...

A small object named 2024 PT5 was observed drifting slowly near Earth. It moved at just 2 metres per second, catching the ...

Some scientists think the moon formed about 4.5 billion years ago after a collision between an early version of Earth and a ...

The morning of April 24 will give rise to a striking mini-planetary parade, as Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Neptune, and Earth's ...

A celestial leap is set to take place over two nights as the moon and Jupiter will appear to dance near to each other in the ...

The new moon occurs April 27, and a day later Venus and Saturn will make a close approach to each other (known as a ...

Before sunrise on April 25, a slender waning crescent moon will appear left of Venus and Saturn to create the tilted happy face.

They’ve concluded that the Earth was built in the same way that you would build a big snowball to make a snowman. The mass that would become our home rolled through planetary debris – rocks floating ...

With its beautiful rings, Saturn may be the most stunning planet in the solar system. It is the sixth planet from the sun and ...