The micromoon refers to a full moon that rises when the celestial body is the farthest from Earth, which NASA states is about a 251,000-mile distance.

NASA scientists have sought to understand planet Jupiter, the gas giant whose mass is more than the rest of the planets in ...

The find shines light on how galaxies begin to turn gas and dust "into stars and planets," said astrophysicist Blakesley ...

A giant object that has been lurking in the relative galactic vicinity of the Solar System this entire time has just been ...

Clouds will dominate the D.C. area until Sunday, which will likely prevent seeing the night sky and the full pink moon, which is a micromoon, until then.

A newly found, huge cloud near our solar system probably won't form stars, but will rather disperse as part of a feedback ...

Did you know that Canadian feet were actually the first to touch down on the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission?

About 800 million miles (1.2 billion kilometers) from Earth lies cloud ... moon, imaged here in front of its host planet and its rings by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech ...

Despite decades of searching for this signal, astronomers have yet to find it. The problem is that our Earth is too noisy, ...

"The other challenge is getting dark nights with no moon for galaxies and clear nights ... to get two nights in quick succession with no clouds, no moon and clear skies — a miracle!" ...

The Lyrids should pretty much be visible around the globe – assuming clouds and a bright moon don't obscure the view ... passes through dusty debris trails left by comets and other space objects as ...