The first full moon of 2026 is the Wolf Moon. And it’s a supermoon —the fourth in a row! As per the Farmer’s Almanac, it will reach full illumination at 5:03 a.m. EST on January 3, so set your alarm ...

The European Space Agency's (ESA) Hera spacecraft is scheduled to arrive at the binary asteroid system Didymos in November ...

In its preliminary data release, taken from just seven nights of observations, the powerful Vera C. Rubin Observatory has ...

If you were to ask a group of dedicated amateur astronomers to list their favorite telescopic targets, few if any would mention asteroids. That's easy to understand. The typical asteroid lacks the jaw ...

Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo ...

Scientists discover asteroid spinning once every 1.88 minutes—the fastest rotation ever found for a large space rock. Five ...

A record-breaking asteroid has been discovered by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory just seven days after it began its observations. Based on this performance result, scientists and astronomers can expect ...

What will we see in the southern sky in 2026? A total eclipse of the moon (at a convenient time), a blue moon and a supermoon ...

China conducted a total of 93 space launches in 2025, setting a new national record for orbital launches in a single year.

Around the bright star Fomalhaut, astronomers spotted glowing clouds of debris left behind by colossal collisions between ...

An NVIDIA-linked startup plans the first hotel on the Moon, with rooms allegedly costing £330,000, sparking awe, doubt and ...

Deep-sky objects shine and the giant planets show off their satellites as the bright light from the Moon disappears from our ...