Skywatchers in central Florida and southern Texas can witness a rare lunar standstill on Feb. 7, as the waxing gibbous moon ...

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The moon's ascending node (the point in the sky where its orbit crosses the ecliptic from south to north) is moving westward ...

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Watch the full episode: <a href=" the largest star that we've ever discovered. And if it were to replace our Sun, it would change a lot more than just the amount of sunscreen you'd have to put on.

A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away.

The Falcon 9's upper stage, meanwhile, continued carrying the 22 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit. It will deploy them there about 61 minutes after liftoff. SpaceX has now launched 14 Falcon ...

The days are slowly getting longer, and there’s finally light at the end of this long, dark, and frosty tunnel. Here’s what ...

The original Roman calendar divided the year from March to December into 10 months of either 29 or 31 days, based on lunar ...

If you think the Australian summer sun feels harsher than a summer in the Northern Hemisphere, you're not wrong. But why that ...

Pluto-Charon Formation Scenario Mimics Earth-Moon System Jan. 7, 2025 — A researcher has used advanced models that indicate that the formation of Pluto and Charon may parallel that of the Earth ...