Three celestial bodies are preparing to meet up for one night in September in a cosmic conjunction that should be widely visible in the sky.

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So the bottom line is that the gravity of the closer tidal bulge on the Earth is pulling the Moon forward, which increases the size of the Moon’s orbit. This means that the Moon gets slightly farther ...

This unexpected color raises new questions about the alien chemistry of comets from beyond our solar system. On Sept. 7 2025, the skies darkened as Earth's shadow consumed the moon. Skywatchers in ...

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NASA has debunked the proposal of controversial astronomer Avi Loeb, who claimed the comet 3I/ATLAS could be malicious alien ...

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This week, a rare planet parade featuring Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune will light up the early morning sky. A ...

Do we know what space actually smells like? And what about other planets, moons, and celestial bodies? Here's what the ...

Scientists are unraveling the mysteries of "steam worlds"—exoplanets known as sub-Neptunes that are rich in water but orbit ...

For 10 years, Italian photographer Marcella Giulia Pace kept returning to the same celestial subject, the full moon. Patiently and persistently, she documented its changing colours as seen from Earth.

Saturn will make a particularly brilliant appearance amongst the stars this weekend, according to the Royal Observatory’s night sky highlights for September. It will appear so brightly, that the ...