Skygazers who look up at the moon tonight may be able to spot Saturn below it. Here's when and how to spot the conjunction.

As an astronomer studying the universe beyond Earth, I’m fond of “outside the box” views almost by default. But one of my favorites is whenever a spacecraft takes a snapshot of our home world and the ...

Look to the west-southwest after dark on Thursday, Jan. 22, to see a 17%-lit waxing crescent moon moving close to the ringed ...

Stargazers are about to have a chance to spot Saturn and the moon sharing a section of the night sky in what's known as a ...

The moon is pummeled by asteroids nearly every day, creating new craters constantly that can range from a few feet to many miles across. The asteroid impacts, when they’re large enough, create flashes ...

The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This ...

Florida is home to 3 dark sky locations that may offer the clearest views of a planetary conjunction between Saturn and the moon for a night in January ...