The next Sputnik Moment will take place against the backdrop of great power competition, as it did in the 1950s. This time, the top contenders are the U.S. and China.

Mars and Jupiter appear close to the moon this February ... cons and just who and what each scope is best suited to. If you'd prefer to gaze beyond our solar system, we've selected the best ...

June 22, 2020 — The Earth-Moon system's history remains mysterious. Scientists believe the two formed when a Mars-sized body collided with the proto-Earth. Earth ended up being the larger ...

"Because most solar system moons rotate very slowly (keeping the same face towards their planet as they orbit, as our moon does to Earth), any ring particles must be orbiting the moon much faster ...

Researchers Darren Williams and Michael Zugger propose an alternative explanation, suggesting that the Moon was originally part of a binary system. Earth's gravity captured one of the objects ...

Here are the sky-watching highlights for Match 2024: The New’ Worm Moon’ on March 10 defines ... reflecting off cosmic dust left in the solar system. You’ll need to be somewhere very dark ...