Jupiter and Uranus are expected to be higher in the southern sky. After the sun goes down on Monday, Feb. 3, the moon will hang in the sky between Venus and Uranus. In the following nights, it will go ...

Large telescopes around the world continue to track Asteroid 2024 YR4 before it fades out of view this spring and the odds of the newly discovered asteroid hitting Earth just went up.

Looking up at the moon in the night sky, it’s difficult to grasp just how dramatic the topography of its surface really is.

CHILLING new telescope photos of the “city killer” asteroid hurtling towards earth at 30,000mph have been released. The chance of the space rock smashing into Earth when it loops ...

We're now just past the midpoint of astronomical winter — that moment marking the midway point between December's winter solstice and March's vernal equinox. That moment took place at 4:11 p.m.

The moon reaches its farthest point from Earth tonight, known as apogee, making it appear ever so slightly smaller in the ...

YR4: everything to know about the potential "city killer" space rock that has a 2.3% chance of striking Earth on Dec. 22, ...

The incoming blood moon, set to be a 'partial lunar eclipse', will be the first to grace Earth for more than a year.

The four planet-strong "planet parade" currently visible to the naked eye in the night sky for a short time after sunset will ...

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In the heart of wintertime, when springtime flowers have yet to bloom and the sky remains gray one day after the next, it can ...

A full moon happens when the moon is directly opposite the sun from our perspective on Earth, fully illuminated by sunlight.