August’s Full Sturgeon Moon shines brightly in the sky tonight, showing off the rayed crater Tycho in the south.

Plus: The August Full Sturgeon Moon shines, the colorful double star Albireo sparkles, and Mercury reappears in the sky this ...

Jim Lovell, the heroic commander of Apollo 13, was a part of several historic NASA missions and left an enduring legacy of ...

The only person to fly to the Moon twice but never trod its surface had some amazing stories to tell. Originally published ...

Structured observing projects, such as those offered by the Astronomical League (Lunar Observing Program and Lunar Evolution ...

August brings Saturn and Neptune together, offers two shadow transits of Titan, and sees a conjunction of Venus and Jupiter.

Early this morning, the raised, flat lava plain of Wargentin is stands out near the large crater Schickard in the lunar ...

8. Speaking of sunlight, it’s composed of approximately 40 percent light, 50 percent heat, and 10 percent ultraviolet ...

Albireo at the head of Cygnus the Swan is a lovely double star with contrasting colors — a summertime favorite.

Watch over the next few days as the two brightest planets approach within a Moon’s width of each other, culminating Aug. 12.

NASA is fast-tracking plans to deploy a nuclear reactor on the lunar surface by 2030 as a strategic imperative to prevent ...

Neil Alden Armstrong was born on Aug. 5, 1930, in Ohio. A naval pilot from 1949 to 1952, Armstrong flew 78 missions in Korea.