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When is the next full moon?
When does the next full moon rise? Find out exactly when to see the full moons of 2025, including the full 'Corn Moon' lunar eclipse on Sept. 7.
A rare 'black moon' rises this weekend: What is it, and what can you see?
Saturday's new moon is a seasonal "black moon" — a rare phenomenon that occurs once every 33 months. Here's what that means and why it's a great night for stargazing.
Oops! Earendel, most distant star ever discovered, may not actually be a star, James Webb Telescope reveals
Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to investigate whether the most distant star identified in the universe is, in fact, a star cluster.
Giant 'X' appears over Chile as 2 celestial beams of light cross: Space photo of the week
The bright band of the Milky Way and the faint glow of "zodiacal light" meet above the mountains of Chile's Atacama Desert in this stunning night sky photo.
Giant, cosmic 'Eye of Sauron' snapped staring directly at us in stunning 15-year time-lapse photo
Researchers have combined 15 years' worth of radio data to peer through the cone of a high-energy jet and unravel the magnetic mysteries of a "blazar" billions of light-years from Earth. The new findings also shed light on the origin of elusive "ghost particles."
Ghostly 'spiral' photobombs Perseid meteors over several US states — and experts are unsure what caused it
The ghostly light, which was triggered by a rocket reentry, sailed across the night sky as skywatchers across the U.S. looked up to see "shooting stars" streak across the heavens. However, experts are confused over which spacecraft is responsible.
Spotify-like AI helps discover never-before-seen supernova as greedy star attempts to eat a black hole
With help from AI, astronomers have spotted a never-before-seen kind of supernova that seems to have been blowing up just as it was trying to gobble down a black hole.
A real-life Pandora? Newfound 'disappearing' planet in our neighboring star system could have a habitable moon, just like the Avatar movies
The recent discovery of a potential gas giant circling the nearby star Alpha Centauri A has led to speculation that it may be orbited in turn by a habitable moon that could support life, just like in the "Avatar" movies.
