Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Californians will soon have another chance to glimpse six planets hanging overhead at once. In March, stargazers can catch a total ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The moon and sun share top billing in 2026. Kicking off the year’s cosmic wonders is the moon, drawing the first astronauts to visit in more than 50 years as well as a ...

Earth didn’t always have a moon. In the beginning of the solar system, when the planets were still forming, something ...

On the heels of a year that brought a dazzling green comet, a rare sunrise eclipse, peak planet viewing, an interstellar visitor and ethereal auroras, you might already be yearning for the next ...

When worlds collide…suns act squirrely. Astronomers have witnessed a rare and violent cosmic crash between two planets, and they say the fallout could teach us about the formation of our world. The ...

Nasa has released the first photographs taken by the Artemis II astronauts during their fly-by of the Moon. The first image, above, shows an 'Earthset' as the astronauts glimpsed our home planet ...

The Artemis II astronauts have set up cameras to capture the stages of the eclipse, after earlier losing connection with Nasa for 40 minutes.

It had been thought that Tuesday, Feb. 17’s annular solar eclipse — visible only from Antarctica — had passed without anyone on Earth witnessing it. However, images have emerged from scientists ...

The Artemis II astronauts had the rare opportunity to witness a solar eclipse from the perspective of the Orion spacecraft whizzing them through space during a historic flyby over the moon. Observing ...