When a celestial body, such as a moon, planet or an asteroid passes in front of another celestial body, blocking its view, we call that an occultation. The word is derived from the Latin occultäre, to ...

James Webb Space Telescope Sees Jupiter's Rings, Moons and Auroras Credit: Space.com | imagery courtesy: NASA, ESA, Jupiter ...

China is advancing rapidly in the new space race and could reach the moon before the end of the decade—yet patience may prove to be America's best strategy.

Despite the lack of a dedicated mission to the planet, scientists have learned plenty through ground observations and space ...

Shaped by gravitational forces over millions of years, Saturn's rings are incredibly complex. A tiny moon named Pan, just 17 miles wide, has notably influenced their structure by creating the ...

A recent study points to an exciting possibility: that Uranus's moon Miranda, located in the far reaches of our solar system, ...

a rocket launch or any other astronomical and space event that’s out of this world. People all over North America spent the afternoon awed by the movement of the moon’s shadow, the last time ...

Watch for the brightest planets in the sky throughout the month, as well.

The Perseverance rover spotted a quick glimpse of a cosmic “googly eye” on Mars during a recent solar eclipse. As Phobos, one of Mars’ two moons, passed in front of the sun, it cast a lumpy, ...

China has launched a new three-person crew to its orbiting space station as the country seeks to expand its exploration of ...

The 12-year-old student from St Paul’s College Primary School talks about his astronaut training and the thrill of simulated ...