Here's when to see a pair of massive letters shining on the lunar surface around May's first quarter moon phase.

Slicing through the Montes Alpes mountain range, Vallis Alpes is a favorite feature to view on the First Quarter Moon.

Tonight marks the First Quarter Moon, when roughly half of the Moon’s visible face is illuminated. As of Saturday, May 23, ...

Long before the full moon rises, shifting sunlight transforms the lunar surface into one of the sky's best telescope targets.

See Mercury, Venus and Jupiter form a three-planet parade with the Moon over the weekend of 22–24 May 2026 ...

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Tree rings have become one of science’s best tools for tracking ancient solar storms. When the Sun hurls charged particles at Earth, the evidence ends up locked inside wood – detectable centuries ...

Yosemite National Park is filled with natural wonders, and for a few months each year, it’s one of the few places on Earth ...

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The Senate Judiciary Committee and Senate Homeland Security Committee on Monday night released legislative text for the $72 billion budget reconciliation bill that would bypass Democratic opposition ...

Without the Moon, Earth’s geology, biology, and climate — as well as human philosophy — would be different in many significant ways. If Earth had no Moon, the postulated origin of the Moon through a ...