Mars has northern and southern hemispheres like Earth, but their defining characteristics are markedly different, a ...

Alignments of five or more planets are rare—there will be two more featuring five or more planets this year, but after that ...

The first full moon in 2025 arrived on Jan. 13 at 6:22 p.m., CST. It is called the Wolf Moon, because wolves were wont to prowl and howl (“ululate,”) on cold January nights, searching for prey. If the ...

Plus: Saturn’s moon Iapetus is visible, our Moon passes the bright star Spica, and Mars skims south of Pollux in Gemini in ...

The ‘Martian dichotomy’ is one of the Solar System’s greatest mysteries – but new research in closing in on a solution.

Mars shines brightly this week as it reaches opposition, appearing golden-red in the sky near Jupiter. Look for it in the ...

Congress is none too pleased after Elon Musk declared that "the Moon is a distraction" and that NASA should be going ...

Did humanity really touch down on the Moon, or is it just the biggest plot twist in space history? Since the Apollo missions, this question has fueled countless conspiracy theories, refusing to be put ...

The Red Planet reaches its best position all year this week on January 15. Here’s how and when to get out and see it.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral on Wednesday morning carrying two private lunar landers into orbit in ...

The moon performed a cosmic ballet with Mars this week. On Monday evening (Jan. 13), the Full Wolf Moon passed in front of ...

So I grabbed my camera, ran outside, and looked up just as Mars was supposed to emerge from the Moon's curved horizon. Seen ...