Today, July 22, 2025, the moon is 27 days old and is in the Waning crescent phase of its lunar cycle. It is 5% illuminated.

The moon's thin atmosphere, called an exosphere, has been a puzzle to science for some time. Two main processes were thought ...

It is true that crewed missions to the moon are expensive, difficult, and dangerous. And we now have a long history going ...

Look east around 4 a.m. local time, just before dawn, to see the slender form of the crescent moon climb above the horizon.

As of Wednesday, July 23, the moon phase is Waning Crescent, and it is almost completely hidden to us on Earth. The moon will ...

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New moons are the cardinal phase of the monthly lunar cycle, and they occur when the sun and moon meet at the same point in ...

Our galaxy will make for a particularly splendid sight on the dark nights surrounding the new moon phase on July 24.

You might not know is that fifty-five years later, Utahns are paving the way for a return back to the moon with ingenuity and ...

This International Dark Sky Park hosts monthly full moon hikes in the most serene setting. And the best news? It's free!

South Korea also wants to be in the space race, and even plans for a presence beyond Earth’s orbit, with ambitions to create its own lunar base within 20 years. At a public meeting held at the ...

Maryland state House Majority Leader David Moon (D) called out redistricting “cheats” on Tuesday and pledged to redraw the ...