From meteor storms to exploding stars or supernovae, there are a myriad of rare or once-in-a-lifetime events that take place in the universe all around us... but the rarest and most unique event of al ...

You can probably conjure this vision of the moon—hold the image in your mind and transmit it off this planet and onto our shining opalescent companion. Peaks in the sun? I’ve seen that. This week, we ...

This Monday, 6 April, if all goes to plan, the astronauts of NASA’s Artemis II mission will fly around the far side of the Moon. This will be humans’ first visit to our celestial neighbour since 1972.

For all its ancient, familiar features, the Moon is still changing—and sometimes in dramatic ways. Scientists recently identified a fresh 22-meter-wide crater by comparing orbital images taken years ...

Tonight is "blue moon Eve" (see the May 31 entry for more details). Late tonight, look toward the southeast to see one of the sky's most striking color contrasts. The bright, nearly full moon will be ...

2026 is a big year for SpaceX's Starship, the biggest and most ambitious rocket ever built. The third version of the still-in-development launch vehicle will debut soon (maybe), which will be the ...

The moon is not just a barren rock orbiting Earth. The Artemis missions could answer the great unknowns that the satellite holds. For half a century humans thought they understood the moon: a static, ...

Water likely accumulated on the moon slowly over billions of years, rather than during one big event, according to a new study by an international team of scientists The researchers, including Paul ...