This is quite a feat! The old moon one morning, and the young moon the following evening, centered on the August 2020 new moon.

NASA has posted a sampling of some of the most awe-inspiring photos of Mars, to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the launch of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. They are proof that Mars is a very photogenic world.

Some rainstorms drench you in a second, while others drop rain in a nice peaceful drizzle. A meteorologist explains how rainstorms can be so different.

Asteroid ZTF0DxQ - now officially labeled 2020 QG - now holds the record for the closest flyby of Earth. It swept just 2,000 miles (3,000 km) from Earth's surface, or about a quarter of the diameter of Earth itself.

A small but evolving dent in Earth’s magnetic field can cause big headaches for satellites.

The bright planets Jupiter and Saturn are currently near on the sky's dome to the famous Teapot asterism. The center of our Milky Way galaxy is also located in this direction.

2019 ranks among the 3 warmest years in records dating to the mid-1800s. In 2019, greenhouse gases reached their highest levels on record. Both facts are from the 30th annual State of the Climate report, a review of world climate based on contributions from more than 520 scientists in over 60 countries.

The Summer Triangle is a fixture of our skies at this time of year. Its 3 stars are Vega, Deneb and Altair.

Observations with the Hubble Space Telescope revealed a large amount of dense hot gas moving outwards through Betelgeuse’s extended atmosphere. This gas might have cooled and formed a dust cloud that partially blocked the star's light as seen from Earth, earlier this year.