China launches first GEO Yaogan satellite as India lofts record-mass commsat China launched a new Yaogan reconnaissance satellite late Sunday, following India’s launch of its highest mass ...

What is the moon phase today?Today, Nov. 3, 2025, the moon is 13 days old and is in the Waxing Gibbous phase of its lunar ...

Stars and planets are lining up for the change of seasons during the Northern Hemisphere's autumnal equinox this year.

Hyperborea is a mythical land that appears several times in Greek mythology. But was it a real place? And if so, where was it ...

When evaluating possible planets out of the thousands out there, explained Prof. Bean, scientists look for liquid water as a main guiding principle. “All life on Earth needs liquid water, no matter ...

Hurricanes are one of the most deadly and destructive forces on Earth, causing unfathomable damage, uprooting lives and trees ...

When the balance in reflectivity shifts, “the whole circulation of the climate will shift in order to transport energy from ...

Earth has one true moon, but there are also several asteroids known as quasi-moons that are in orbit with the sun. A newly ...

Right now, Comet 1P/Halley is in the constellation of Hydra, known as the "female water snake" constellation, close to the ...

Scientists have long known that Mars holds plenty of ice, but most of it is thought to be near the planet’s poles. So when spacecraft began detecting signs of hydrogen—often a clue that ice may lie ...

Massive volcanic eruptions billions of years ago may have made it snow on Mars, leaving thick buried ice near the planet’s equator.

The equatorial regions of Mars are home to unexpectedly enormous layers of ice, and they may have been put there by dramatic ...