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 ...

The crescent moon, 13% illuminated, is 244,200 miles (393,000 km) from Earth. But brilliant Venus is 360 times farther away at 88 million miles (142 million km). Advertisement ...

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 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 ...

A long-lost moon could explain why Mars is so different from the other rocky planets in the solar system. Today, Mars has two tiny moons. But early in its history, the Red Planet may have had a ...

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 ...

A partial solar eclipse on Saturday will make it look as if the moon has taken a bite out of the sun over parts of North America, Greenland and Northern Europe.

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

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 ...