The hours following sunset on Dec. 25 offer a wealth of naked-eye astronomy targets that can put even the most glitzy Christmas lights to shame, especially when viewed from a dark sky location.

A look at NASA’s Apollo 8 mission, its impact in 1968, and how Artemis 2 could shape the future of human spaceflight in 2026 ...

On Christmas night, Jupiter will be one of the brightest objects in the sky — and a  stand-in for the mythical “Christmas ...

Step inside a fascinating space exploration museum and join us on an immersive journey through the history of moon missions.

On Christmas Eve 1968, Apollo 8 crewmembers Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders made a live broadcast from orbit around the Moon.

In the run up to Christmas, carols fill the air. Many have an astronomical twist, singing of the “Christmas Star” from the ...

A small, icy moon of Saturn called Enceladus is one of the prime targets in the search for life elsewhere in the solar system ...

Posts claiming a celestial "smiley face” will light up the night sky over Christmas aren't true. But the Christmas Tree ...

The German polemic renowned for laws of planetary motion estimated that in the year 7 BC Jupiter and Saturn aligned in ...

On Christmas Eve 1968, the Earth received a message from astronauts on a mission like no other - the first around the moon. NASA will return in 2026.

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS completes its near-miss with Earth, revealing bizarre chemistry and highlighting the growing ...