Over 4.6 billion years ago, Earth took shape from a spinning cloud of dust and gas surrounding the young sun. Tiny particles ...

New research suggests meteor showers are so unpredictable due to the Sun’s own motion around the solar‑system barycenter.

Scientists have hypothesized since the 1960s that the sun is a source of ingredients that form water on the moon. When a ...

The ultimate purpose of PUNCH is to use its four instruments — three wide-field imagers (WFI) and a near-field imager (NFI) — ...

A rare 'smiley face' triple conjunction is coming to Earth's morning skies on April 25, when Venus, Saturn and the crescent moon form a celestial smirk near the horizon.

This isotope is found at a ratio of about one per 2,500 helium-4 ions, the latter being the common version of helium.

There is no other moon quite like our own in the entire solar system. The Moon is unique in a lot of ways, some of which are ...

Skygazers across the UK – and in other parts of the world – are looking up to catch the astronomical spectacle.

Multiple spacecraft captured the moon's shadow sweeping across North America at more than 1,500 mph during the 2024 total ...

At the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, home of the meridian, the partial eclipse started at 10.07am, with the moon appearing to take nibble from the edge of the sun.

If the Moon were to suddenly vanish from the solar system, our home planet would suffer devastating consequences ...