With each passing night as, the crescent slowly widens and it begins to appear against a progressively darker background, its ...

Last year, a pair of researchers claimed that the shockwaves of the shutdown could be felt as far as the moon, causing a ...

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

observers in the eastern half of Asia will see the moon occult Saturn, though it will occur in the daytime; while observing it is possible one must exercise extreme caution as the thin crescent moon ...

the waxing crescent moon appearing as a thin arc of yellowish-white light enclosing a ghostly bluish-gray ball. Sunlight is responsible for the crescent, yet the remainder of the moon appears to ...

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. This celestial phenomenon is called a ...

And be sure to get outside after sunset tonight (Feb. 1). For that evening a lovely crescent moon will appear to snuggle up close to Venus, particularly for skywatchers across the Western Hemisphere.

A remarkable sight will appear in the southwestern sky an hour after sunset on Saturday evening when Venus appears very close to a thin crescent moon. This celestial phenomenon is called a conjunction ...

The moon’s closest approach to Earth this year will be 221,726 miles, and its farthest distance will be 252,706 miles. Both will occur in November. To photograph Saturday’s conjunction, Hunt ...