Something strange is happening in the night sky tonight—the Moon is climbing higher than usual, reaching one of its most ...

The moon's ascending node (the point in the sky where its orbit crosses the ecliptic from south to north) is moving westward ...

Witness a rare cosmic sight as Venus and the crescent moon align beautifully over the Eiffel Tower in Paris, part of a larger ...

The lunar heart, created by the interplay of light and shadow, is visible once a month, just before our satellite reaches ...

Jan. 25 is a good time to look at the arc of planets because the moon will be a slim ... While they will all share the night sky at the same time, the planets are not aligned during these parades ...

North Texans are in for a celestial treat: This month and until late February, six planets in our solar system will be in alignment in the night sky ... behind the moon in what’s called a ...

We will be one planet short of a maximum alignment. Six planets will still be possible to see in one ecliptic plane in the southern and eastern night sky, just after sunset: Venus, Mars, Jupiter, ...

So no moon around. That means more chances of seeing fainter meteors. So Lyrids is the one I got circled. IRA FLATOW: And if you’re lucky enough to have a telescope or a nice pair of binoculars, what ...

The sun and the moon and the planets, all seem to us to arc across the sky every day and night from east to west on that same imaginary track. From the Earth's surface, the planets always appear ...

A rare ‘parade’ of planets seen only once every few years will light up the night sky this week in ... the line have the smallest arc in the sky. The moon will also be in its last quarter ...

Oxygen isotope identity of the Earth and Moon with implications for the formation of the Moon and source of volatiles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 2024; 121 (52) DOI: 10.1073 ...