Scientists are proposing to build a laser in a crater on the moon to help future lunar missions land safely in the dark and find their way around. This ultra-stable light source could also help us ...

Researchers have uncovered more than a thousand previously unknown tectonic ridges across the Moon’s dark plains, showing the Moon is still contracting and reshaping itself. These features are among ...

The blissfully dark nights surrounding this month's new moon phase on Feb. 17 present a perfect opportunity to explore the ...

The New Crescent Society, which is organizing the Greenwich event with the Royal Observatory, is hoping moon sighting will become fully established in Britain and be used by mosques.

Captured in December 2025, the newly released photo (it came out on Feb. 11) reveals how construction is progressing on the ELT's 80-meter-tall (260-foot) protective dome, which will one day host a 39 ...

As of Saturday, Feb. 14, the Moon phase is Waning Crescent. According to NASA's Daily Moon Guide, 11% of the Moon will be lit ...

New observations from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) suggest that even extremely massive gas giants — once thought too large to form like ordinary planets — may grow through the same basic ...

Early last year, asteroid 2024 YR4 caught the public’s attention as its chances of hitting Earth in the near future climbed ...

NASA is set to launch its latest mind-blowing space telescope, which the agency says will “expand our understanding of the universe". The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, officially slated for ...

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a new moon orbiting Uranus. The moon, designated S/2025 U1, is about six miles (10 kilometers) in diameter, which made it hard to spot by ...

SpectrUM recently gained a $250,000 grant from NASA to place telescopes in the fall of this year in libraries across the state of Montana. Students and families alike will be able to borrow a ...