Out past Neptune are countless small icy and rocky bodies called Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs), and many of these have moons ...

The leading explanation for all of these mysteries is known as the giant impact hypothesis. According to this story, when the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Venus will pass between the Earth and sun on Saturday during what’s called an inferior conjunction. But don’t ...

The ringed gas giant Saturn has officially replaced Jupiter as the planet in our solar system with the most moons. The ...

A space probe named Hera captured images of Mars' small Deimos moon while on a mission to examine an asteroid.

Skywatchers snapped photos of the "blood moon" hovering above North and South America last night. Here's a gallery of images ...

The spacecraft carried out the longest commercial operation on the moon to date—and also made history during its rare chance ...

Scientists found that some slopes on the Moon stay cold enough to hold ice. This could expand water sources for future space ...

Then in 1969, the Apollo 12 astronauts returning from the moon experienced a solar eclipse as they passed through Earth's shadow and the planet blocked the sun from their spacecraft. From their ...

China’s Chang’e 6 mission uncovers evidence of a molten lunar magma ocean and a violent ancient impact.

Ready for a show? On the night of March 13 into the early hours of March 14, a total lunar eclipse will occur as the moon moves into the Earth's umbra, or shadow, turning the bright white lunar ...

With Earth's shadow cast over it, the moon appears to us to be dimmer and more reddish than usual. Blue Ghost witnessed ...