As a result, before the space age, humans had no idea what the dark side of the moon looked like, prompting some to come up with eyebrow-raising theories about what might be lurking on this mysterious ...

NASA, for its part, had already spotted the wreckage. About a week after the crash, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter passed ...

As of Monday, July 7, the moon phase is Waxing Gibbous. From Earth, 89% of the moon will appear visible (according to NASA's ...

NASA thought that the leading side of Uranus' moon would be bright while the trailing side would be dark.

The moons that orbit Uranus are already known to have unusual characteristics: some are heavily cratered, others have tectonic features or a patchwork of ridges and cliffs. Using the Hubble space ...

The dark skies during a new moon provide ideal conditions for spotting skywatching targets that would otherwise be outshined by moonlight.

To get a glimpse of the “Swift Planet,” EarthSky suggests waiting for the sun to set before looking west for the planet ...

When the Sun hits the rims of the Blanchinus, La Caille, and Purbach craters at just the right angles during the Moon's cycle ...

I f you look up at the Moon tonight through binoculars or a small telescope, you may be able to see an unusual feature: a ...

China's Chang’e-6 mission has delivered the first-ever samples from the Moon’s far side, shedding light on one of planetary ...

Astronomers want to unlock the secrets of the "Cosmic Dawn" by sending a miniature spacecraft to listen out for an "ancient ...

Engineers didn't immediately acknowledge the issue during that broadcast, apart from one controller uttering "Whoa," followed ...