The observatory telescope is embarking on a 10-year survey of the southern sky called the Legacy Survey of Space and Time ...

The moon’s visible face has long been mapped, its plains and craters named, its cold curves charted. But as U.S. engineers continue their multibillion dollar effort to get the first man-carrying ...

A new moon phase happens when the sun and moon are on the same line drawn from one celestial pole to the other. Usually, the ...

The MSU Observatory will host a public observing night in celebration of International Observe the Moon Night this Saturday from 7 to 10 p.m. Attendees can participate in activities and look ...

Elisha Sauers writes about space for Mashable, taking deep dives into NASA's moon and Mars missions, chatting up astronauts and history-making discoverers, and jetting above the clouds.Through 17 ...

The crescent moon, 13% illuminated, is 244,200 miles (393,000 km) from Earth. But brilliant Venus is 360 times farther away ...

The Moon illusion is more likely a trick of perception, an optical illusion. For some reason, the brain misinterprets the Moon as being larger when it is nearer to the horizon than when it is high ...

The exact moment of the new moon occurs at 1:21 a.m. Eastern Time (0621 UT) on Dec. 1, according to the U.S. Naval Observatory.A new moon is when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun ...

Today, Mars has two tiny moons. But early in its history, the Red Planet may have had a much larger moon, which might be responsible for Mars' weird shape and extreme terrain, Michael Efroimsky ...

When it reaches this point, it’s referred to as a micromoon, NASA stated. Also at this point, the moon is 252,088 miles away from Earth, according to the Royal Observatory Greenwich in London ...