June is one of my favorite months and a perfect season to get out for some stargazing. This week, however, the moon will be arcing across our early ...

Saturn's moon Titan has an atmosphere that spins with a tilt completely separate from the moon's surface rotation.

A trio of scientists from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Université de Lyon, and Arizona State University, respectively ...

There's no shortage of round celestial objects in our universe. Planets, moons and stars all exhibit lovely spherical shapes.

Mare Crisium, or the 'Sea of Crises', can be spotted on the night of May 30 as an oval-shaped dark patch on the moon's ...

China has launched its most ambitious deep space mission yet. On Wednesday, the Tianwen-2 probe lifted off atop a Long March ...

In 1987, an enormous blue arc, thought to be hundreds of trillions of miles long, was first considered one of the largest ...

A ghostly Martian moonrise, starlit skies, and a mission chasing life’s traces—Perseverance captures more than just images.

The pods are elevated nearly 11 feet on minimal 1.5” tall flights, or cleats, that provide necessary stability of the irregular shape product. The incline is only 8” wide with flights on 5.4” centers, ...

Also, our moon has a spherical shape, whereas Deimos has an irregular form that NASA has rather unflatteringly described as “potato-shaped.” The rover’s image offers a refreshing departure ...

Additionally, the research confirmed the theory that the SMC does not rotate, further suggesting that this relatively small, irregular shaped galaxy has unique dynamics likely influenced by ...