The moons that orbit Uranus are already known to have unusual characteristics: some are heavily cratered, others have ...

Earth’s companion has allowed astronomers to define lunar cycles, navigate without technology, and understand celestial ...

The arrival of summer brings along a rare celestial event, known as the strawberry moon. San Antonio folks who brave the dusk ...

Tuesday night will see June’s full moon, frequently called the “strawberry moon.” The name refers not to its color, but to ...

The Strawberry Moon will rise Tuesday night, June 10, and appear low in Michigan skies, a rare phenomenon called a major ...

Seeing a total solar eclipse can be even more impressive than witnessing the aurora borealis, but it will be quite a while ...

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists are studying Saturn's moon Titan to assess its tidal ... on the difference in Titan's spin axis rotation from what would be expected absent any ...

The major lunar standstill results from the rotation of the moon’s inclined orbit over an 18.6-year cycle, the observatory said. The Chimney Rock (Colorado) Interpretive Association explains ...

Earth orbits the sun once a year, and it rotates on its axis about once a day (depending on your definition of “rotate ... of the Earth and moon as they orbit the sun over the course ...