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

Hong Kong (CNN) — China plans to send a flying robot to the far side of the moon next year to search for the frozen water that could hold the key to future lunar exploration, as the country pushes ...

CNN guest Arthur Aidala appeared to make the case that Elon Musk shouldn't need a background check because he has "gotten us ...

Every two years, the World Monuments Fund creates a list of 25 monuments of global significance deemed most in need of ...

(CNN) — A small space rock that lingered near Earth last year and was referred to as its temporary “mini-moon” may actually be a chunk of the moon that chipped off thousands of years ago.

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These two next weeks offer all but one of the planets in lovely view at nightfall. Fred Schaaf goes step by step through the ...

On Monday, Mars will look reddish and bright as the moon passes in front of it ... passes directly in front of another, hiding the background object from view," NASA says in a skywatching ...

Google celebrates the final half moon of January with an entertaining animated card game in its latest Doodle. Users can ...

The dark skies during a new moon provide ideal conditions for spotting skywatching targets that would otherwise be outshined by moonlight. The next new moon will occur on Thursday, Feb.

monitor background X-ray emissions, test whether Earth-orbiting navigation satellites can be used near the moon and the effectiveness of computer radiation shielding, among other topics of interest.