Consider this your guided tour through the celestial drama unfolding above, with special attention to the lunar phases we'll witness in real time. Friday and Saturday bring us the new moon, ...

The dark skies during a new moon provide ideal conditions for spotting skywatching targets that would otherwise be outshined by moonlight.

Members of the Iris team have assembled the Iris Lunar Dream Capsule, a tiny payload that will launch aboard Griffin-1, the next lunar lander from Carnegie Mellon spinout Astrobotic. The capsule — ...

On a clear night, the moon you gaze upon looks the same as it looked for the first humans that walked Earth—the same ...

Mars, Jupiter and Mercury will all appear low in the west after sunset. Look for bright Venus low in the eastern sky for about two hours before the sun rises all month long. The crescent moon and ...

Resilience, as the uncrewed lunar lander is called, is on track to make its touchdown attempt at 3:24 p.m. ET on Thursday — three months after its rideshare buddy made history.

4️⃣ Lunar lander: A Japanese company will try to touch down on the moon three months after an uncrewed American spacecraft did the same. Ispace executives said their slow and steady approach ...

In the Chinese lunar calendar the June full moon is in the fifth month, called Púyuè, the Sweet Sedge Month; it is also the month of the Dragon Boat festival, an important holiday in mainland China.