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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

That’s the case with this week’s rare “Smiley Face Moon” that’s been creating a buzz. People have been looking forward to April 25, when two bright “stars” are supposed to form the ...

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. But experts say the visual will not be quite as ...

Apollo 16 astronaut and moon walker Charlie Duke, left, speaks with former NASA astronauts José Hernández, center, and Christopher Cassidy during a ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor ...