The famous Perseids return to night skies this week. Here’s when it peaks, how it works, and what Australians can expect to see.

Summer is one of the best times to see a meteor shower. Here's why.

The Perseid meteor shower will be lighting up the summer night sky beginning in July. But it won't peak until August. Here's how to see them in Ohio.

On average, from the point of view of the sun, the Earth completes one full rotation around its axis every 24 hours or 86,400 seconds, give or take a few milliseconds. A millisecond (ms) is 0.001 of a ...

Scientists from China extracted water from lunar soil and used it to convert carbon dioxide into oxygen and chemicals for ...

Chinese researchers extracted water from lunar soil and used it to convert carbon dioxide into oxygen and chemicals for fuel.

Scientists have developed a technology that may help humans survive on the moon. In a study published in the journal Joule, ...

A group of international researchers said on Wednesday they witnessed some of the earliest stages of a planet beyond the sun ...

A host of scientific investigations await the crew of NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 mission during their long-duration expedition ...

Using samples collected by the Chinese Chang’e 5 mission, researchers have discovered a new way to release water from lunar ...

NASA and USGS are mapping critical minerals in the American West using airborne sensors to help reduce U.S. reliance on ...

The soil on the Moon could support life, scientists say. That is thanks to a breakthrough new technology that could allow ...