During its recent mini-moon stint, scientists studied the 2024 PT5 from Earth. Based on the cosmic object's composition and ...

They needed some space. New research suggests Pluto may have had a “kiss” with its largest moon billions of years ago in a ...

On Jan. 13, bright Mars will disappear behind the full moon for several hours. It's the only lunar occultation of Mars ...

The Wolf Moon, January's full moon, will reach peak illumination Monday. The previous full moon was December's Cold Moon.

Pluto and its largest moon Charon could have come together via a 10-hour ‘kiss-and-capture’ encounter after a grazing ...

Space fans won't have to wait long for major launches to begin in 2025. NASA is kicking off the new year with a big mission ...

Researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have calculated a new system for measuring lunar time. While not needed ...

A researcher has used advanced models that indicate that the formation of Pluto and Charon may parallel that of the Earth-Moon system. Both systems include a moon that is a large fraction of the size ...

"We were definitely surprised by the 'kiss' part of kiss-and-capture. There hasn't really been a kind of impact before where ...

A new study suggests that the origin of Pluto's largest moon was quite different than our own. Here's what you need to know.

"The temperature just wildly swings from extremely hot to extremely cold," John Monnier, a professor of astronomy at the ...

These changes in appearance are the phases of the moon. As the moon orbits Earth, it cycles through eight distinct phases. The four primary phases of the moon (new moon, first quarter, full moon ...