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

“Enjoy a beautiful sight just after sunset as the Moon and Venus meet up in the southwestern sky,” NASA’s November sky blog listed among its highlights. Venus is easy to spot this time of year, ...

The lunar samples, collected by the Chang’e-5 probe, follow similar gifts to the French and Russian presidents.

When a celestial body, such as a moon, planet or an asteroid passes in front of another celestial body, blocking its view, we call that an occultation. The word is derived from the Latin occultäre, to ...

Monday evening (Nov. 4), the night before Election Day, will bring a lovely celestial display involving the two brightest ...

A new simulation technology developed by the University of Bristol enables effective remote control of lunar robots for moon dust collection, supporting astronaut training and potentially reducing the ...

Mercury is well placed in the SW evening skies the first two weeks of November, but is lost in its glare by Thanksgiving.

Soil-like pebbles in moon samples brought home by Apollo 16 astronauts have revealed new details about lunar history.

November’s major meteor shower ramps up as the Moon reaches perigee shortly before its Full phase in the sky this week.

Watch for the brightest planets in the sky throughout the month, as well.

Amrita Singh working with a vacuum chamber.Amrita Singh is studying lunar dust to answer important health and technology questions for future Moon ...

Even without the legendary moments, the movie itself is a perfect plot. People hate on Twilight for being a terrible film but ...