Posts claiming a celestial "smiley face” will light up the night sky over Christmas aren't true. But the Christmas Tree ...

The 48%-lit moon will appear roughly halfway up the southern sky in the hours following sunset. Saturn will show up as a ...

Astronomers were busy in 2025, starting the year off by tracking an asteroid that put Earth on alert, followed by discoveries ...

Overview of major sky events in 2026, including solar and lunar eclipses, planetary motion, meteor showers, and comet appearances ...

While the term new moon is well established in astronomy, the phrase black moon is far more informal, yet it has gained ...

This means that the lunar regolith could still hold a very long-term record of Earth's atmospheric history, which in turn ...

Find out the moon phase today and tonight for December 12, 2025, including a simple guide to all 8 moon phases, the lunar cycle, and the date of the next Full Moon (Wolf Moon).

The tiny flash was the result of a small object, perhaps no larger than a golf ball, crashing into the Moon at breakneck ...

A tiny glass bead retrieved by China's Chang'e-5 lunar mission is offering scientists a glimpse into the moon's hidden depths and providing insight into the violent forces that helped shape the ...

An observational event is described, featuring the Moon in close angular proximity to Jupiter. This celestial alignment is scheduled for the early morning of October 14, with Jupiter positioned in the ...

A rare astronomical event is happening tomorrow night as the second supermoon in a series of four this year will light up the sky across the U.S. But that's not all—tomorrow's September full moon, ...

Astronomy magazine's Editor Emeritus, Dave Eicher, encourages early morning sky observation during the second week of September. The observation focuses on the Moon's passage near the Pleiades star ...