In August 2006, the International Astronomical Union made the controversial, but correct, decision to demote Pluto from its ...

These popular astronomy questions, answered by Astronomy magazine, will help you better understand our universe - and share ...

In the coming years, an unprecedented number of people will leave planet Earth—but it’s becoming increasingly clear that deep ...

Welcome to Smartphone Picture of the Week! Each week, we select and share your best smartphone photos in an online feature ...

Buckle up, because we’re about to take a delicious trip down memory lane in Goshen, Indiana, where the milkshakes are so good ...

Many photos McCarthy has taken of the space station in the past show the ship as a silhouette in Earth's shadow. This time he ...

The moon reached its peak brightness at 8:53 a.m. EST (1353 GMT) on Feb. 12, but local moonrise and moonset times will depend ...

Look up this week for February’s full snow moon and to catch the last glimpse of a visible parade of planets in the night sky ...

White nationalist groups in Ohio have recently ... Evendale to the village of Lincoln Heights, the first all-Black, self-governing city north of the Mason-Dixon Line, according to the Cincinnati ...

Here are the dates for the full moons in 2025. The next full moon will be on Friday, March 14, 2025. It will officially reach its full moon phase at 2:55 a.m. EDT (0755 GMT) but local moonrise ...

What is the moon phase today? Today, Feb. 13, 2025, the moon is 15 days old and is in the Full Moon phase of its lunar cycle. It is 99% illuminated. Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the ...

By an hour before sunrise, the Moon appears to hang just below the blue-white star as they hover about 30° high in the southwest. Because Spica lies so close to the ecliptic — the plane of the ...