Every night, as darkness envelops us, one quiet presence of the moon watches over us. It’s not just a natural satellite or a ...

The next full moon is Saturday, Aug. 9, and is sometimes called the Sturgeon Moon. It gets that name from when "The Great ...

Ever wonder why the moon looks different every night? Well, that's because of a thing called the lunar cycle. This is a recurring series of eight unique phases of the moon's visibility. The whole ...

True “moon face” is brought on by a “buildup of fat deposits throughout the face and it’s usually due to excessive cortisol production,” said Rocco.

The same side of the Moon always faces us. This means that we never get a chance to see the other side of it unless a spacecraft flies there. If we could see it in the night sky, though, it would ...

Even so, the face of the moon is slowly beginning to emerge. Poring over the moon rocks with their microscopes, spectroscopes and radiation counters, the LRL’s scientists have already pried ...

The viral claim that a smiley face will appear in the sky on April 25, 2025, made up of the crescent moon and two planets, has some basis in truth.

Discover what moon face or "cortisol face" is, how it relates to high cortisol, and whether the TikTok trend of lowering cortisol is legit.

Mercury will be hovering just above the horizon—and a little further to the left, roughly between the two planets. The crescent moon will complete a celestial smiley face for the ages.

As every sky-gazer knows, only one face of the moon is visible. Terrestrial gravity has locked onto the moon's near side, which always faces the earth. Some scientists have theorized that the ...

Images of a supposed "Smiley Face Moon" have been popping up on social media. Here's what's real about this week's sky show.