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Transits of Jupiter’s moons Astronomers speak of a transit of when one of Jupiter’s four large Galilean moons, or its shadow, crosses in front of the giant planet. These transits...

To read moon phase information in text format, visit this page. With meteor season upon us, it’s helpful to be aware of what phase the moon is in. The best...

 A man looks towards the supermoon full moon and the Milky Way on May 26, 2021 in Rylstone, Australia in this image by photographer Mark Evans for Getty Images. The...

Blue Origin’s protest against NASA’s decision to not hire the company to build its next human moon lander has been shut down by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). Earlier...

IT may seem like utter lunar-cy, but this picture has been driving internet users crazy. The confusing image has divided opinion as it appears to show a giant moon shining...

The next full moon of 2021 will occur on Friday in the U.S. Called the buck moon and the thunder moon, Earth’s natural satellite will appear opposite the sun in...

Astronomers have discovered the presence of a disk around a planet beyond our solar system for the first time. By using the high-resolution Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), of which...

Lucky residents of southeast Asia got a chance to watch the moon pass in front of the red planet Mars on April 17, 2021. Astronomers call this event an occultation....

The landing site for China’s complex Chang’e 5 moon sample and return mission now has a name: Statio Tianchuan. Statio means a post or station in Latin and is also...

The methane wafting from Enceladus may be a sign that life teems in the Saturn moon’s subsurface sea, a new study reports. In 2005, NASA’s Cassini Saturn orbiter discovered geysers...