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

The moon is one of the most familiar sights in the night sky, but it does not look the same from every corner of the planet.

As of Wednesday, Dec. 24, the moon phase is Waxing Crescent. According to NASA's Daily Moon Observation, 18% of the moon will ...

Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the night sky. Some nights when we look up at the moon, it is full and bright; sometimes it is just a sliver of silvery light. These changes in appearance are ...

This week in Starwatch I want to go back to basics when it comes to the moon. So why does the moon change shape? Why is it a crescent on one night, a half-moon another night, and a full moon on yet ...

While the Moon’s near side and far side display different surfaces, could their interiors differ, as well? This is what a recent study published in Nature Geoscience hopes to address as a team of ...

The far side of the moon may be much colder than the side we can see, suggests new research. The interior of the mysterious far side of the satellite could be chillier than the side constantly facing ...

We’re five days into the new lunar cycle, and each night the moon grows a little brighter. There are still a few nights to go before it’s full, but there's plenty you can see in the meantime. What is ...

Mike Daisey returns to The Public with a breathtakingly epic theatrical event: a story told over the course of a lunar month, a new monologue every night, in 29 unique consecutive performances. Each ...

This week in Skywatch, I want to go back to basics when it comes to the moon. So why does the moon change shape? Why is it a crescent on one night, a half-moon another night, and a full moon on yet ...

An image of a full moon. - Photo by Omer Tarsuslu/Anadolu via Getty Images The moon is hidden from sight tonight as we enter a new phase of the lunar cycle. The lunar cycle is a series of eight unique ...