Samantha Harvey's 2024 Booker Prize-winning novel Orbital explores the raw reality of life in space, devoid of fantasy.

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 ...

While it may look like we have a full Moon up there, what if the other half broke off? Are we doomed? What causes moonquakes? What would happen if half of our Moon drifted away? Has the Moon already ...

“Skywatchers can see the next full moon, the Beaver Moon, on November 15, starting at 4:29 p.m. EST. This moon is extra ...

Dr. Munmun Chattopadhyay, a faculty scientist at Texas Tech Health El Paso and a member of the team working in Earth-based ...

Some stars may transform into black holes without exploding into supernovae. Now, astronomers have finally spotted it as it happened.

It occurs when a full moon happens at the same time as the Moon's closest approach to Earth in its elliptical orbit - a point ...

A reassessment of data from NASA's Voyager 2 has revealed that Uranus' moon Miranda may contain a subsurface ocean, ...

Florida residents looking up in the skies on Monday night could potentially witness an interesting sight: “fireballs” ...

Sometimes all you need to blow off steam is a five-minute dance sesh. Blast your peppiest playlist and choreograph your own ...

More a popular term than a scientific one, a supermoon occurs when a full lunar phase syncs up with an especially close swing ...

Stargazers were excited Saturday night about what looked like a meteor shower. Instead, it was one of SpaceX's Starlink ...