On Saturday evening, February 1, a lovely crescent moon passes just to the left of Venus, which is now shining at the ...

This is the last chance to catch the pair in conjunction this year—with Venus set to be unusually bright in the night sky.

A crescent moon will be part of a planetary parade featuring six planets after sunset on Feb. 3: Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune and Saturn.

A remarkable sight will appear in the southwestern sky an hour after sunset Saturday evening when Venus appears very close to a thin crescent moon. This celestial phenomenon is called a conjunction, ...

The nomination of the Moon was made by the International Scientific Committee on Aerospace Heritage of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) – a non-governmental group dedicated to ...

Firefly had purchased a Falcon 9 launch to send its Blue Ghost lander to the moon. At the same time, Ispace, to save on the costs for the mission, had asked SpaceX for a rideshare, that is ...

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Japanese space exploration company ispace is all set to launch its second lunar lander early Wednesday morning (Jan. 15), but what will the spacecraft carry with it to the moon? The ispace ...

The moon performed a cosmic ballet with Mars this week. On Monday evening (Jan. 13), the Full Wolf Moon passed in front of Mars in what's known as a lunar occultation, during which another ...

Wednesday’s launch kicked off the company’s second attempt to send one of its Hakuto-R spacecraft to the moon. Ispace is a company that aims to sell its services to space agencies or private ...