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

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

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 ...

It is what astronomers call the "greatest illuminated extent" of this planet's disk. And be sure to get outside after sunset tonight (Feb. 1). For that evening a lovely crescent moon will appear 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.

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 conjunction, ...

On Feb. 1, three days after the new moon, observers in the eastern half of Asia will see the moon occult Saturn, though it ...

Wednesday, February 5 First Quarter Moon occurs at 3:02 A.M. EST. Nearly half a day later, the Moon passes 5° north of Uranus ...

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 ...