The Moon reaches apogee, the farthest point from Earth in its orbit, at 5:46 A.M. EDT. At that time, our satellite will stand 251,996 miles (405,548 km) away. With the Moon sinking low in the hours ...

A close conjunction of the waning crescent Moon (approximately 26% illuminated) and Jupiter occurred around 7 A.M. EDT, observable in the eastern sky before sunrise, with the Moon positioned between ...

Asteroid 2 Pallas, at 10th magnitude, exhibited a stationary position at 7:00 A.M. EDT within the constellation Aquila. Pallas's location was approximately 6.5° southeast of Altair, Aquila's brightest ...

The universe's expansion means its size is bigger than its age suggests. The universe's expansion doesn't have a speed limit like objects within it. Distant galaxies move away from us as space itself ...

Key Takeaways: Cocconi and Morrison's 1959 Nature paper, "Searching for Interstellar Communications," provided a foundational scientific framework for the then-unconventional field of SETI. The paper ...

On September 20th, beginning around 12:30 A.M. EDT, Titan, a moon of Saturn, will transit across the planet's disk, accompanied by its shadow. The transit will be visible telescopically, with Titan's ...

Neptune reached opposition at 9:00 A.M. EDT, rendering it visible throughout the night. Neptune, at magnitude 7.7, is not visible to the unaided eye but can be located 2.7° northeast of Saturn using ...

Astronomers have discovered a lightweight black hole that’s a bit of a cosmic conundrum. Hypothetically, black hole masses can range all the way from far less than a paperclip to at least tens of ...

On a specified date, the Moon will pass 0.8° north of Venus and 1.3° north of Regulus (magnitude 1.4), with Venus and Regulus separated by less than 0.5°. This celestial trio will rise around 4:30 A.M ...

SpaceX's Starship Flight 9, though achieving orbit, failed due to a damaged pressurization system diffuser on the main fuel tank, leading to a chain of events including payload door failure and loss ...

Shocked quartz, indicative of extreme pressure and temperature, was discovered at three prominent Clovis culture archaeological sites (Murray Springs, Blackwater Draw, Arlington Canyon). The presence ...

The nuclear furnaces in the Sun and stars create blistering heat and blinding light. Magnetism, however, plays no role in the fusion process that converts their mass to energy. Thus, a major magnetic ...