The moon's nearside (that is, the side facing Earth) is dark-colored and dominated by ancient lava flows, whereas the farside ...

Wausau Pilot & Review Central Wisconsin skywatchers can expect a visually rich week from May 16 to 23, with deep-sky targets, ...

Thursday, May 22 The Moon hangs near Saturn and Neptune in the early-morning sky, and it’s best to catch them earlier rather ...

India’s Kutch region offers a combination of unique landscapes and dark skies.

Sky watchers will soon be able to spot the waning crescent Moon visit two Solar System worlds in the early morning sky ...

Aksys Games today announced that the popular otome adventure 7'scarlet is now available for Nintendo Switch™. Can Ichiko solve the mystery of her missing brother? Encounter heart-racing twists and ...

Astronomy fans got to see a planetary alignment in mid-April featuring Venus, Saturn, Mercury and Neptune. Stargazers will once again be treated to a planetary alignment in May, though not as big as ...

Meanwhile, astronomers are keeping watch for a rare nova—a sudden explosion of a distant star—that could appear to the naked ...

For those of you who love to do some stargazing during the warmer months, now is a great time to get outside and look up.

May 13: The red supergiant star Antares and the bright waning moon rise in the southeast after dark and remain in close tandem all night. May 22: The waning crescent moon is in the east-southeast ...

Your first chance comes tonight when a quarter-lit crescent moon will be positioned between Jupiter and Mars in the west soon after sunset. The brightly lit area of the moon will be obvious, but so ...