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What is the moon phase today? Lunar phases 2024
By Tariq Malik last updated
Reference See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2024.
NASA images Uranus with epic team up of Hubble Telescope and New Horizons Pluto probe
By Robert Lea published
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and New Horizons Pluto probe have teamed up to image the ice giant Uranus, which will help inform future direct imaging of exoplanets.
Jupiter's Great Red Spot is being squeezed, Hubble Telescope finds — and nobody knows why (video)
By Keith Cooper published
The Hubble Space Telescope has seen Jupiter's Great Red Spot oscillating in width as it drifts around the planet. Could this be related to its overall shrinking?
Hopes dim for another bright October comet after Tsuchinshan-ATLAS
By Joe Rao published
There's been talk of another spectacular comet putting on a show in our sky after Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. Unfortunately, however, it doesn't look like the newcomer will deliver.
Solar storm bombarding Earth now may reach 'extreme' levels, sparking auroras down to Alabama and straining hurricane-weakened power grids
By Tariq Malik published
A severe solar storm sparked by an intense flare from the sun could reach "extreme" levels as it bombards Earth, NOAA officials warned Thursday (Oct. 10).
NASA secures Europa Clipper probe as Hurricane Milton sweeps over Kennedy Space Center (photos)
By Elizabeth Howell published
The Europa Clipper probe rode out the arrival of Hurricane Milton Oct. 9 inside a SpaceX hangar, as NASA's Kennedy Space Center experienced strong winds.
What's inside the moon? Gravity measurements suggest a layer of molten rock
By Conor Feehly published
In between the moon's solid core and external surface may swirl a partially molten layer of rock.
Scientists discover bright 'sungrazer' comet that could be visible with the naked eye this month — after Tsuchinshan–ATLAS
By Harry Baker published
Newfound comet C/2024 S1 will light up Earth's skies in late October before a super close slingshot around the sun.
Phew! No 'doomsday' asteroids hide in famous broken comet's debris stream
By Keith Cooper published
The Taurid Meteoroid Stream, responsible for two November meteor showers and possibly the Tunguska and Chelyabinsk impacts, probably doesn't hide a civilization-killing asteroid, a new study finds.
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