Did you know there is a far side of the moon? Did you know we never see it? Next month, Ohio residents will have the opportunity to view the once-in-a-lifetime total solar eclipse on April 8. The moon ...

Mercury's spin and its orbit around the Sun are tied to each other in a unique arrangement. According to a set of calculations, random asteroid impacts may have aided the planet's evolution into the ...

Editor's Note: This article was provided by The Conversation. The original is here. Technically, Pink Floyd had it wrong. The space-facing side of the moon isn’t dark (except at full moon when the ...

Earth's orbital period around the Sun is 365 days, while its rotational period is 24 hours. The Moon's orbital and rotational periods are both approximately 27.3 days, resulting in synchronous ...

For the first time in history, a space mission has touched down on the far side of the moon. China's Chang'e-4 probe landed in the the oldest and deepest basin on the moon's surface. Making the ...

Hi’iaka is the larger outer satellite of the dwarf planet Haumea. Using relative photometry from the Hubble Space Telescope and Magellan and a phase dispersion minimization analysis, we have ...

Newly obtained image of Earthrise over the north pole of the Moon, taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft. The LRO Camera Team recently released a newly obtained, beautiful image of the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Alien planets that orbit close to their parent stars may be at high risk of the ultimate hot-cold ...

Many exoplanets to be found by coming high-powered telescopes will probably be tidally locked -- with one side permanently facing their host star -- according to new research. Many exoplanets to be ...