Moon

By: Geoff Gaherty Published: 05/23/2012 04:04 PM EDT on SPACE.com Skywatchers, take note: Tonight (May 23) and tomorrow night will offer excellent...

By: Joe Rao Published: 05/21/2012 05:29 PM EDT on SPACE.com We all know how, after a great theatrical show has concluded the actors come out fo...

Too many stories showed pictures of total solar eclipses instead of annulars. Confusion abounded as what you'd see from within the path versus elsewhere. At least they all emphasized the danger of looking directly at the Sun.

How savvy are you about solar eclipses? You already know that eclipses like the one that will be visible in the U.S. on Sunday occur when the moon...

By: Tariq Malik Published: 05/08/2012 12:42 PM EDT on SPACE.com Skywatchers on Earth weren't the only ones dazzled by the so-called weekend &quo...

By: SPACE.com Staff Published: 05/07/2012 05:40 PM EDT on SPACE.com Scientists are planning to use NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to observe next...

By: Tariq Malik Published: 05/06/2012 10:06 AM EDT on SPACE.com The biggest full moon of the year, a so-called "supermoon," rose into ...

Supermoon Saturday has come and gone. But supermoon photos are still here for those who missed seeing the dazzling lunar display in person and those w...

Supermoon Saturday has arrived -- now get ready to look up for some "super" skywatching. The full moon at 11:34 p.m. EDT Saturday will appear 14 pe...

Be sure to tweet us your supermoon pics at @HuffPostScience, hashtag #supermoon! We'll be collecting user submissions from all over, and yours may be ...

Be sure to tweet us your supermoon pics at @HuffPostScience, hashtag #supermoon! We'll be collecting user submissions from all over, and yours may be ...

Be sure to tweet us your supermoon pics at @HuffPostScience, hashtag #supermoon! We'll be collecting user submissions from all over, and yours may be ...

By: SPACE.com Staff Published: 04/30/2012 02:02 PM EDT on SPACE.com Skywatchers take note: The biggest full moon of the year is due to arrive thi...

By: Geoff Gaherty Published: 04/27/2012 01:59 PM EDT on SPACE.com Step outside any night this week about an hour after sunset and have a look at...

By: SPACE.com Staff Published: 04/25/2012 12:16 PM EDT on SPACE.com A new NASA video draws on detailed maps of the moon's surface made recently ...

By: Joe Rao Published: 04/23/2012 05:59 PM EDT on SPACE.com On Tuesday evening (April 24), skywatchers will be treated to yet another eye-catchi...

By: Joe Rao Published: 04/20/2012 06:22 PM EDT on SPACE.com Jupiter will end its brilliant year-long show on Sunday evening (April 22) by making...

By: Joe Rao Published: 04/13/2012 08:36 PM EDT on SPACE.com The planet Venus is now at its peak of visibility in the evening sky this weekend, mak...

By: Geoff Gaherty Published: 04/11/2012 05:04 PM EDT on SPACE.com When amateur astronomers reflect on the most memorable sights of their lifetim...

By: Charles Q. Choi Published: 04/09/2012 04:18 PM EDT on SPACE.com The giant ridge around the middle of Saturn moon's Iapetus that makes it res...

By: Geoff Gaherty Published: 04/04/2012 04:06 PM EDT on SPACE.com This month the evening skies are ablaze with planets: Venus, Mars, and Saturn ...

How many moons does the Earth have? If you guessed one, you're off--by a factor of a thousand. New research shows that the Earth's gravity sometimes s...

By: Joe Rao Published: 04/03/2012 07:41 AM EDT on SPACE.com As the evening twilight deepens around 8:30 p.m. local time Tuesday night (April 3),...

By: Geoff Gaherty Published: 03/30/2012 06:46 AM EDT on SPACE.com The moon is a reliable skywatching target for many amateur astronomers and now ...