Satellite News

The moon will darken but not completely disappear as it slips into Earth’s outer shadow on Friday (May 5), creating a penumbral lunar eclipse.

From my viewpoint in the Exmouth Gulf of Western Australia, the solar eclipse’s totality brought a colossal corona and a dramatic drifting diamond ring.

Something is shaking on the moons of Jupiter and Saturn as moonquakes are linked to landslides that smooth out icy surfaces of bodies like Europa and Enceladus.

Veteran parabolic flight pilot Eric Delesalle sits down with Space.com to talk about what it takes to create weightlessness and lunar gravity in a plane.

It’s almost Star Wars day, and that means Lego is planning an event filled with free gifts, new sets and discounts.

A blinding flash of light set off air raid alerts across Ukraine’s capital city. Officials at first thought it was a falling NASA satellite, but the space agency has said it isn’t.

Shortly after Mercury reached its closest point to the sun, its massive, comet-like tail became unusually visible in the night sky and was captured in a stunning new photo.

Skywatchers will get an excellent opportunity to spot the 124-mile-wide asteroid Iris 7 as it reaches opposition on April 30 as the main-belt object also makes its closest approach to Earth.