As Firefly Aerospace prepared to close out a two-week mission on the moon, its lander had one final gift to beam home: the first high-definition images of a lunar sunset.

A total lunar eclipse is set to occur in the sky Friday morning over the Continental U.S., including the Carolinas.

The Blue Ghost spacecraft, named for a species of firefly, took eclipse chasing to new heights. Not only did it see the Earth ...

A new study by Rice University researchers Sho Shibata and Andre Izidoro presents a compelling new model for the formation of ...

Seleucus of Seleucia was an ancient astronomer who defended heliocentrism, arguing that Earth orbits the Sun and rotates on ...

Besides, storms were on the way. When I stepped outside after supper to see whether setting my alarm made any sense, all I ...

In recent years, research has focused on a possible correlation between the sun or moon and seismic ... that when they included Earth surface temperatures into their model, the forecasting became ...

Early astronomers once believed Earth was the center of the universe, with the sun, moon, and planets orbiting around it. This geocentric model seemed to explain the movements of celestial objects ...

The first-ever subsurface measurements of lunar temperature showed wide differences, which could help lead further ...

Researchers have focused in recent times on a possible correlation between the sun or moon and seismic activity on ... The team discovered that when they included Earth surface temperatures into their ...

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander successfully made a soft touchdown near an ancient volcanic feature on the moon’s near side early Sunday morning.