View Deal Waxing gibbous ... difference is in the illumination percentage of the side facing the Earth. In the new moon phase, this percentage is 0% and becomes 100% at Full moon, about 14 ...

Thanks to the Moon’s orbit around Earth, the angle of sunlight hitting the lunar surface and being reflected back to our planet changes. That creates different lunar phases. The next Full Moon ...

February’s full moon is known as the “snow moon” — named for the heavy snowfall that typically occurs during this time of the ...

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

Jupiter and Mars will appear to make ultraclose approaches to the moon on two nights this week. Here's how to get the best ...

February's full moon is known as the Snow Moon, but despite its name, don't expect to see the ground covered in fluffy white ...

Mars, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye. The six planets will be visible until February 9. You'll ...

Nasa's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative consists of the Blue Ghost mission that aims to deliver ten ...

Exciting February sky events include Venus at its brightest and closest to Earth, the moon occulting the Pleiades, and a ...

Starting with the Moon’s journey across the sky this month, you’ll find the slim crescent of Earth’s natural satellite cozied ...

New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons ...

Earth received water toward the final stages of its formation. This reshapes understanding of the conditions needed for life.