Spot Saturn, Jupiter, and a Full Blue Moon This August
A blue moon occurs shortly after the planets Jupiter and Saturn reach opposition, making August the perfect time to see the three bodies.
A blue moon occurs shortly after the planets Jupiter and Saturn reach opposition, making August the perfect time to see the three bodies.
Thanks to dark skies on August 12 and 13, the reliable Perseid meteor shower will put on its best show in years in 2021.
June’s strawberry full moon is a great excuse to sky-gaze and a nice reminder that strawberries are in season right now.
Great news for anyone who considers themselves to be young at heart: It turns out summer camp isn’t just for kids anymore.
Without microwaves, ovens, or refrigerators, food in space can be challenging both to prepare and to consume. Especially cheesecake.
Sampling the bottle of Pétrus that was stored on the International Space Station will cost you, but at least it comes with a free meteorite corkscrew.
You can look up and find white, red, blue, and yellow stars, but green stars are missing from the night sky.
The 1958 horror film 'The Blob' features a malevolent muck terrorizing a town. It turns out there's a history of unidentified space goo causing confusion.
A spectacular "blood moon" total lunar eclipse will be visible from North America, South America, Australia, and more on May 26, 2021.
NASA’s Mars Odyssey has been orbiting the Red Planet for literally 20 years—here’s a glimpse of what it’s been up to.
These are the sounds and images the Voyager Golden Record committee chose to represent Earth to intelligent alien life.
From alien encounters in England to elk abductions in Washington State, here are 11 eerie unexplained events.
The Eta Aquariid meteor shower peaks in early May this year. Here is when and where you should look for it.
For Star Trek’s First Contact Day, Toynk has released a new tent for fans, human and Vulcan alike, in the shape of a Federation Type 6 shuttlecraft.
Regular full moons cause spring tides, but March’s worm moon wasn’t a regular one—it was a supermoon.
On April 26, the full moon will appear especially large and bright in the night sky. Here's what you need to know to catch the super pink moon.
Donna Shirley made space history in the 1990s as the first woman to manage a NASA program. She led both the Mars Exploration Program and the team that built Sojourner, the first rover to land on the Red Planet.
Our solar system is home to more than 200 moons, each with their own wonderful quirks. Here are 11 of the most incredible ones.
Spring is the best time to observe Earthshine—the phenomenon in which the glow of the Earth lights up the crescent moon.
A cargo craft delivering supplies to the International Space Station has been named after Katherine Johnson, the influential "human computer" who helped send the first Americans to space.
Witness the conjunction of Jupiter and Mercury when the largest planet and the smallest planet in our solar system appear exceptionally close in the night sky.
The CIA has been investigating UFO news and sightings for decades, and you can now use their intel for your own research.
A new omnibus spending bill includes a requirement for government agencies to disclose what they've learned about UFOs.
John F. Kennedy's stirring speech on September 12, 1962, sparked a passion for space exploration that eventually led us right to the moon.