Just above the moon will be Mars, shining with a steady orange glow. Both the moon and Mars will be in the Gemini ...
The 2020s have already seen many lunar landing attempts, although several landing craft have crashed or toppled over. With ...
Though the planets are always “aligned,” seeing more than four in the sky is more uncommon. February’s lineup is a chance to ...
I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also applies to northern hemisphere mid-northern ...
With each passing night as, the crescent slowly widens and it begins to appear against a progressively darker background, its ...
A small space rock that lingered near Earth last year and was referred to as its temporary “mini-moon” may actually be a ...
The Earth's Grand Canyon took millions of years to carve, but the moon's grand canyons took about ten minutes.
The second full moon of the year—arriving on February 12—takes its name from the dusting of snowfall common at this time of ...
Exciting February sky events include Venus at its brightest and closest to Earth, the moon occulting the Pleiades, and a ...
February's full Snow Moon will have a royal companion as it rises alongside Regulus, a star nicknamed "Heart of the Lion", ...
Look up at night during the middle of next week to catch a glimpse of February's full moon illuminating Michigan skies.
A small space rock that lingered near Earth last year and was referred to as its temporary “mini-moon” may actually be a chunk of the moon that chipped off thousands of years ago. The ...