this would be the real half moon)," NASA wrote in its moon guide. "The moon is opposite the sun, as viewed from Earth, revealing the moon's dayside." The full moon actually appears full before it ...

In fiction, The Twilight Zone is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, between the ...

The moon may still be geologically active, judging from the way the lunar far side is wrinkling as the moon contracts. At ...

And in a touching addition, Duke wrote on the back of the photo: “This is the family of astronaut Charlie Duke from planet Earth who landed on the moon on April 20, 1972.” Explaining why he left the ...

The images below show the day-by-day phases of the Moon in February. The Full Moon this month is Wednesday, Feb. 12. Note: Moon phases in the calendar vary in size due to the distance from Earth ...

Look up this week for February’s full snow moon and to catch the last glimpse of a visible parade of planets in the night sky ...

A rare cosmic sight lit up the Parisian sky. Venus and the crescent moon aligned beautifully above the Eiffel Tower. The bright duo captured attention, even under city lights. French ...

Space can be a wondrous place, and we've got the pictures to prove it ... which resides about 7,000 light-years from Earth. The distinctive structure of the pillars is created by a nearby cluster ...

An eclipse occurs when the Earth, Moon and Sun align and typically takes place anywhere from four to seven times a year. There are two types of eclipses - a lunar eclipse, when Earth's shadow ...

But, since President Donald Trump took office in January, the moon rock collected during the iconic Apollo missions has been noticeably absent. Recent photos ... straight from Earth to Mars ...

The event also offers geologists a rarely seen opening study of ocean birth in real-time, an event never detected before. The process might take millions of years, but its effects are already being ...

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.