Something strange is happening in the night sky tonight—the Moon is climbing higher than usual, reaching one of its most extreme positions in nearly two decades. If you step outside and look up, ...

For a solar eclipse to occur, conditions need to be exactly right. The moon’s orbital path around Earth is tilted by 5 percent with respect to the path of the sun through the sky (the ecliptic).

As NASA astronauts aim for landings in 2027, geologists find surprises in recently retrieved samples from the far ...

The full moon is also known as Snow Moon as it will occur in a chilly winter with snowfall in many areas. This full moon ...

However, both types of eclipses are rare because the orbital planes of the Earth ... kinds are relatively rare because the moon's orbit around Earth is tilted about 5 degrees with respect to ...

Scientists are studying Saturn's moon Titan to assess its tidal dissipation rate, the energy lost as it orbits the ringed planet with its massive gravitational force. Understanding tidal dissipation ...

The negotiations on creating the Deep Space Gateway station in the Moon’s orbit have been going on for several years now. "At the first stage, we will be building an orbital part with the ...