"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Children love looking up at the stars and imagining distant galaxies, but with just their eyes, they can ...

As of Monday, Dec. 8, the moon phase is Waning Gibbous. This means 83% of the moon is lit up tonight, according to NASA's ...

That quieter is the far side of the Moon, where the bulk of our natural satellite acts as a 7.34767309×10 19 -tonne shield against Earth radio noise. The first step is the LuSEE-NIght mission, which ...

The final full moon of 2025 rises on Dec. 4. Don't miss the final full moon of 2025, when the "Cold Moon" takes to the autumn ...

The Moon is the first celestial object to catch our eyes. For some amateur astronomers, it quickly becomes a bother, its ...

A NASA-funded plan to build a large radio telescope on the moon's far side is nearing final approval and could become a reality by the 2030s, researchers say. The ambitious project will help safeguard ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) continues to bear fruit. Images captured by the floating watchtower revealed a previously unknown moon orbiting Uranus. The discovery, made on February 2, ...

Uranus hosts yet another moon, which looks like a tiny, faint smudge in images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers report in an Aug. 19 NASA release. The newfound object makes the ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a never-before-seen moon orbiting Uranus, bringing the planet's count of natural satellites to 29. The moon, for now dubbed S/2025 U1, is just 6 miles (10 ...

The Geminids peak Dec. 13, producing up to 120 meteors per hour visible from 8 p.m. until sunrise. Plus, a recap of ...

This week, the final full moon of 2025, known as the 'Cold Moon', rises on December 5. Several livestreams will broadcast the ...