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We measure the extremely long distances between things in space by light years. A light year is the distance that light travels in one Earth year. Light travels at about 300,000 kilometres per second.
Discover when the next full moon will rise in July 2025, why it's called the Hungry Ghost Moon, and what celestial events to watch for.
It's officially summer, and with that comes the first full moon of the season. July's full moon -- known as the Buck Moon or ...
The search for dark matter requires all the best models, theories, and ideas we can throw at it. A new paper by Julia Monika Koulen, Stefano Profumo, and Nolan Smyth from the University of California ...
To get a glimpse of the “Swift Planet,” EarthSky suggests waiting for the sun to set before looking west for the planet ...
How does the camera on the James Webb Space Telescope work and see so far out? – Kieran G., age 12, Minnesota Imagine a camera so powerful it can see light from galaxies that formed more than 13 ...
Celestis says it's the 1st company to offer space burials. Some remains, from "Star Trek" actors to JFK, have flown to orbit from Florida.
These explosions, called extreme nuclear transients, shine for longer than typical supernovas and get 30 to 1,000 times as bright.
Skygazers in the UK are in for a treat tonight, as the ‘Pink Moon ‘ is set to light up the skies – along with a unique ‘blue giant’ star.
A black moon is generally considered any time there’s an extra moon in a given lunar cycle.
Here's everything you need to know about the black moon of 2024 and the next full moon of 2025. What is a black moon? A black moon refers to the occurrence of two new moons within a single month.