A remarkable sight will appear in the southwestern sky an hour after sunset Saturday evening when Venus appears very close to a thin crescent moon.

On Monday (Jan. 27), Texas-based Firefly released two photos of the moon that Blue Ghost captured from Earth orbit. One shows ...

Nature is capable of the most mysterious, surreal, stunning, and powerful things. The only thing we can do as humans is to ...

A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the ...

Generally, the nights of and near the new moon – when the moon is not illuminated – are better for most stargazing experiences. Here are the dates of new moons this year.

Last week, a full moon lit up the sky but it was another celestial moment, one that's more rare, that wowed sky-gazers and ...

The New Year starts with a bang as Quandrantids peaks on Jan. 2 and 3. This is one of the largest meteor showers of the year, ...

Alignments of five or more planets are rare—there will be two more featuring five or more planets this year, but after that ...

Although the Full Moon appeared on January 14, last night’s called ‘Waning Gibbous’ happens directly after a full Moon and lasts until half of the Moon’s face remains lit up at the Third ...

A stunning lunar occultation of Mars that was seen by large parts of North America ... occultation of Mars caught the full moon shining alone in the night sky. Robbie Pesiwarissa of Sydney ...

From the total lunar eclipse in March to three epic supermoons this fall, these are the best celestial events of 2025 that are worth traveling for (plus one to look forward to in 2026!).

As 2025 begins, so comes the first full ... moon, or that its celestial phases have any bearing on wolf calls. Rather, because wolves are nocturnal animals, they are generally more active at night.