Galileo Galilei, with a homemade telescope, noticed three points of light near Jupiter. Initially believing they were distant ...

This astronomical event is part of a spectacular "planet parade" that will also feature Jupiter and Mars, creating a dazzling ...

A solar eclipse crossed North America. Two robotic landers reached the lunar surface, largely intact. The most powerful ...

The Full Moon is the lunar phase in which the satellite appears brightest 🌕. During this cycle, we see almost all of its ...

📅 Today in History: In 1610, Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei, through improvements he made on a homemade telescope, first observed Jupiter’s four Galilean moons: Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa.

With a rare black moon and the peak of the year's first major meteor shower already behind us, January is shaping up to be an ...

What is Planet Position in Astrology? Planet position is a diagrammatic representation of the condition and positions of the celestial bodies at any given time for any given location on Earth. Planet ...

The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This alignment ensures the entire side of the Moon that faces us gleams under ...

Collaborative work by amateur and professional astronomers has helped to resolve a long-standing misunderstanding about the composition of Jupiter's clouds. Instead of being formed of ammonia ice -- ...

Pluto and Charon’s meet-cute may have started with a kiss. New computer simulations of the dwarf planet and its largest moon suggest that the pair got together in a “kiss-and-capture” collision, where ...