The Orionid meteor shower will peak Oct. 20-21 right when the moon will be new and 0% lit, providing perfect viewing ...

Sky-gazers will be able to enjoy October’s dazzling full moon — known as a harvest moon — at peak illumination early next ...

Oct. 6: The full harvest supermoon is at 11:47 p.m. Eastern Time and rises at sunset in the East. This is the first full ...

The DART mission achieved its goal of changing one asteroid’s orbit around another, but questions remain about why the orbit ...

2024 YR4 shows a 4% chance of hitting the Moon on December 22, 2032, with no risk to Earth. James Webb Space Telescope data ...

The little space rock, called 2025 TF, safely passed within roughly 250 miles (400 km) of our planet on Tuesday (Sept. 30) at ...

A paper from NASA scientists and other researchers explores whether an asteroid with a 4% chance of hitting the moon should ...

Fall foliage is here, Halloween is right around the corner, plus there is a federal holiday. Here's what October has in store.

October's supermoon is the first of three this year. It happens when a full moon is closer to Earth in its orbit. That makes the moon look up to 14% bigger and 30% brighter than the faintest moon of ...

October's longer nights bring two transits of Titan across Saturn, while Io and Europa tango together across Jupiter three ...

Harvey Weinstein faces sentencing and a possible retrial in his New York City sex crimes case, but it's still unclear when they’ll happen — and whether the former movie mogul will end up in front of ...

October 2025 holidays calendar national holiday guide details all key celebrations in the month. From Halloween to Columbus Day, Indigenous Peoples' Day, religious festivals, celestial events, and ...