It’s all about our nearest neighbour in space this week as the Moon is not only full but also, as with October and November, a supermoon.

Tryptophan, the essential amino acid behind the Thanksgiving myth that eating turkey can make you sleepy, has been found to ...

With a 4% chance of hitting the moon in 2032, an asteroid named YR4’s potential collision course is being monitored by NASA.

On 1925, "The Grand Ole Opry," the famed country music show, made its radio debut. It's the longest-running radio broadcast ...

This year’s WTOP “Gift Ideas for Stargazers,” coincides with Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales, to possibly help get the best deals for that special someone on your holiday gift list that loves the ...

The universe occasionally produces a huge surprise that proves physicists wrong, says Kip Thorne, who grew up in Logan, Utah, ...

Key Findings The moon once dismissed as the solar system's most hostile environment may now sit directly in the path of an ...

The US Navy is canceling its future frigates in a blow to its ambitions to grow the fleet John Eimen, child actor from 'Leave ...

It takes light a single day to travel 16 billion miles. The Voyager 1 probe will need a little longer, just 49 years.

As twilight deepens the week of November 24 to 28, the waxing crescent moon appears in the south to southwest, above the setting Teapot asterism.

Theia, the world that helped form the Moon, came from the Solar System. Chemical clues in Earth and Moon rocks reveal this ...

Scientists traced the Moon's parent planet Theia to the inner Solar System, solving a 4.5-billion-year mystery.