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Look for them around 10 p.m. local daylight time, roughly one-quarter up in the western sky. In addition to their closeness ...
Earth is perfectly safe from a menacing asteroid known as 2024 YR4 that is big enough to level a city, but the moon? Not so ...
The moon will rise with Venus and the ice giant Neptune in the pre-dawn sky on Thursday, May 22.
Earth’s companion has allowed astronomers to define lunar cycles, navigate without technology, and understand celestial ...
The Moon remains under the potential threat of asteroid ... reveals NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope In May 2025, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured a detailed observation of asteroid ...
With the ability to scan the entire southern night sky every three days, the huge Vera C. Rubin Observatory could be about to ...
Dozens of NASA's missions to explore the cosmos could be in jeopardy under a budget proposal from the Trump administration.
NASA scientists are currently working on plans to build a giant radio telescope in a nearly mile-wide crater on the "dark side" of the moon. If approved, it could be constructed as early as the 2030s ...
depression in the moon's Northern Hemisphere — but are keeping its exact location under wraps. This is not the first time that scientists have proposed putting a radio telescope on the moon.
Enjoy a close conjunction of the solar system’s smallest and largest planet just days before the Full Strawberry Moon this ...
For nearly three decades he has created mesmerizing planetarium shows at the American Museum of Natural History. But other ...
This June, the Milky Way’s brilliant heart lights up the night as planets align and the solstice sun marks Earth’s celestial ...