As the moon moved through the shadow of the Earth, it was also being illuminated by light from the sun — causing the moon to ...

The number of known moons in our Solar System has been rising for centuries, but astronomers say it has probably peaked – for ...

The vernal equinox occurs as Mercury stands still in Pisces and several of Jupiter’s moons transit in the sky this week.

"Scientifically there's a huge amount we can learn from asteroids," says Alan Fitzsimmons, an astronomer at Queens University ...

Amateur astronomers have lost one of the jewels of the night sky – the rings of Saturn. The majestic planet has slipped from ...