The dark skies during a new moon provide ideal conditions for spotting skywatching targets that would otherwise be outshone by moonlight.

China’s space program, striving to land astronauts on the Moon by 2030, carried out a test flight of a new reusable booster and crew capsule late Tuesday (US time), and the results were spectacular.

The next full moon of 2026 will be a rare celestial phenomena. The worm moon will rise as a dramatic fiery red blood moon amid a total lunar eclipse. The special March full moon is known as the worm ...

Lunar New Year 2026, also known as Chinese New Year, begins on Tuesday, Feb. 17. The date for Lunar New Year changes annually as it is based on the phases of the moon. The year 2026 is designated as ...

Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin on Friday said it was "pausing" flights of its New Shepard rocket for at least two years, effectively cancelling the company's centerpiece space tourism vehicle ...

Scientists are using radar to study damaged ice both in Antarctica and, with the help of a NASA spacecraft, on Jupiter’s ocean moon of Europa. By Raymond Zhong Reporting from the icebreaker Araon in ...

A new dawn is upon us. The planets are moving in very exciting ways this year which will, astrologically speaking, cause quite a few shake-ups both personally and politically. The first sign of this ...

With the moon out of the way on Jan. 18, bright Jupiter and Saturn become stand-outs in the January night sky. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's giant new moon rocket moved to the launch pad Saturday in preparation for astronauts' first lunar fly-around in more than half a century. The out-and-back trip could ...

NASA’s giant new moon rocket moved to the launch pad Saturday in preparation for astronauts’ first lunar fly-around in more than half a century. The out-and-back trip could blast off as early as ...