Second, during the waxing phases, the angle the moon makes to the sun opens up wider and wider, exposing more of the moon to sunlight. That causes the crescent to wax thicker and brighter. The more ...

NASA's pioneering Dragonfly mission has passed its critical design review, keeping it on track for a 2028 launch to the ...

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Skywatchers worldwide are in for a charming cosmic display before the sun rises Friday, as three celestial bodies will appear ...

View a brilliant morning star, enjoy dark skies during New Moon, and take in plenty of deep-sky targets in the sky this week.

In the years since, Hubble has gathered more than 1.6 million observations and 430 terabytes of data. The telescope has ...

"It's amazing that after 35 years, Hubble still holds a unique capability as a top workhorse for science discoveries and ...

From local bakeries like Flour & Flower to longtime favorites like Bo Diddley's, St. Joseph offers many spots for a tasty ...

"These early images of Donaldjohanson are again showing the tremendous capabilities of the Lucy spacecraft as an engine of ...

By contrast, Deimos is tiny, with a radius of 6 km, and quite a bit further out, more than 23,000 km from the surface. It is ...

NASA's Europa Clipper mission has launched to study Jupiter's icy moon Europa, which may harbor a potentially habitable ocean ...