I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

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.

The new moon of January will be at 7:36 a.m. Eastern Time on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Naval Observatory, and two days ...

The night sky will feature a parade of its own in the coming weeks, with several planets visible for sky watchers to enjoy.

Waxing crescent: As the moon moves around Earth ... You can see more about the full moons of 2024, in Space.com's Full Moon Calendar. Our night sky guide has a list of events for skywatching ...

Meanwhile, the waxing crescent moon was about 30% illuminated ... Editor's note: If you snap a great photo of the night sky you'd like to share with Space.com and our news partners for a story or ...

( NewsNation) — You might want to keep your eyes on the skies for the next couple of months: Six planets will align in ...

The Blue Ghost lunar lander, built by the Texas-based company Firefly Aerospace for NASA, launched to space on Jan. 15, and ...

Don Pettit is on a roll. Just days after sharing a breathtaking shot of Earth, the American astronaut has followed up with an equally stunning shot of a waning crescent moon, or, as Pettit put it ...

In this article, I'll delve into the Moon's phases, including why they occur and how they impact life on Earth. The Sun ...

January started out with a meteor shower and now has a planetary alignment in store. Here's what you'll be able to see and ...

That's enough space to fit 30 Earths in between ... There are eight phases of the moon during a 29.5-day cycle: new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous ...