While watching a total lunar eclipse, I can still faintly discern the Moon's disk, even during the umbral portion. How is this possible, given that no significant source of light reflects from the ...

The solar flare originated from sunspot group AR3842, which has a history of powerful activity. Just days prior, this same sunspot released an X7.1 solar flare and produced a coronal mass ejection ...

India's lunar ambitions are advancing with the clearance of the fifth lunar mission, Lupex, to be jointly implemented by ...

Discovering extraterrestrial life would be one of the most profound scientific and philosophical revelations that our species ...

Weather apps can help with everything from planning a vacation to dressing for the day or finding the Aurora Borealis. These ...

Under Pressure NASA announced yesterday that its forthcoming Gateway lunar space station — the in-construction outpost that the agency hopes to install in orbit around the Moon's South Pole — just ...

The environments in space habitats and on the Earth are both closed-loop systems, only on vastly different scales.

"The commonly quoted average distance of 384,400 kilometers, or 238,855 miles, is a good approximation," said Craig Hardgrove ...