It sounds like something out of a science-fiction movie. For the past couple of weeks, Earth's orbit has been home to a "mini-moon" the size of a city bus. The celestial object is more than just a ...

The 63-ton station will be around 141 x 62 x 67 feet and can house four astronauts. And it'll be orbiting anywhere from 1,000 miles above the Moon at its closest approach to as far away as 43,500 ...

Here are the dates for the full moons in 2024. The next full moon will be on Friday, Nov. 15. It will officially reach its full moon phase at 4:29 p.m. EDT (2129 GMT). The moon will still appear ...

How many moons does Jupiter have? Scientists have discovered dozens of them, but the answer may be more complicated than it seems. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

We may earn an affiliate commission from links. When my first baby was born we were given so many adorable outfits for her—every combination of cashmere and lace and onesies with up-the-back ...

The father of a baby girl killed in the English Channel says he fought desperately to hold on to her, but she slipped from his hands as people piled on to him and into the water when their dinghy ...

Nasa’s mission to a Galilean moon of Jupiter that’s encrusted in a thick shell of ice will let us know if its bulky ocean has signs of life. The lure, of course, is water—a vital resource ...

I remember watching the full moon rise one early evening a while back. It was when I still lived in Colorado, and I was standing outside in my yard. I first noticed a glow to the east lighting up ...

Few craters in solar system terms usually mean a young surface, so the water ice is being replenished somehow. That discovery led to an understanding that the resonant orbits of the Galilean moons ...

Moo Deng, the baby pygmy hippo that has become famous online, exhibits all the classic traits associated with cuteness—a round face, cherubic body, and playful movements. From Moo Deng the pygmy ...

The full moon names for each month, why they're named so and what we can expect from these lunar events. Many full moon names date back to Native Americans, of what is now the northern and eastern ...