A final "gee-whiz" fact you can reveal to your friends is that what you are seeing in Monday's sky is an illusion of ...

The ever-shifting phases of Earth's moon present a wealth of targets for amateur astronomers to explore, ranging from ...

The first space race was about flags and footprints. Now, the new race is to build there, and doing so hinges on power.

August’s Full Sturgeon Moon shines brightly in the sky tonight, showing off the rayed crater Tycho in the south.

China successfully tests a crewed spacecraft, marking a key step toward its planned future moon landing. Learn more about ...

To make the Moon look so large in the background, photographers need to use superzoom telephoto lenses of at least 1,000mm ...

This August, the night sky will give us one of its most beautiful spectacles: the Sturgeon Moon. Find out when it will be at ...

Mountain ranges, volcanic plains, and lots of craters make the Moon a target you’ll return to again and again.

I don't think space or lunar tourism is going to be the big draw that transforms the moon into something unrecognizable.

NASA views Craters of the Moon as an analog to the moon, Mars and other planetary bodies. The North Highway Flow’s silicon- and titanium-rich lava rocks are the result of an eruptive period ...

On the evening of August 11, stargazers can observe a stunning close encounter between Saturn, the ringed planet, and our ...

Simply put, the moon is useful in a way that no other astronomical object is. That's because it's the nearest, most easily ...