Where I know the Moon to be, there is simply a black void; the Moon’s presence is defined solely by the absence of stars." Buzz Aldrin on the Moon, with no stars in the background. - Image ...

On the night of Feb. 5, a waxing gibbous moon will once again cover up the "Seven Sisters" of the famous Pleiades star ...

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

Mars will appear to make an ultraclose approach to the moon on Sunday, after Jupiter had a turn earlier this week. Here's how to get the best view of the rare conjunction.

A shortcut for New Yorkers to spot some of the planets is to look for them when they are near the moon. On Feb. 1, Venus will ...

Skywatchers on Thursday evening, Feb. 6, will notice an eye-catching pairing-off between two of the brightest objects in the ...

One of the brightest stars in the summer night sky will be occulted (eclipsed) by the moon this weekend in one of 2024’s rarest sky events for the Americas. The 16th brightest star in the night ...

The Moon meets the Red Planet’s rival in Scorpius, skims close to Saturn, and reaches New phase in the sky this week.

The strong gravitational magnification enabled astronomers to detect faint background ... stars halfway across the observable universe to "raising a pair of binoculars at the moon in hopes of ...