SEATTLE — The smiley face moon made a partial appearance in the skies of western Washington just before sunrise Friday.

China is allowing six nations, including the United States, to examine moon rocks on loan from the 2020 Chinese Chang'e-5 ...

It wasn’t until NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) turned its eye to the scene that the story took an unexpected turn.

Space.com in April 2025 after contributing articles to outlets including IGN, New Atlas and Gizmodo. He has a passion for the night sky, science, Hideo Kojima, ...

The new moon occurs April 27, and a day later Venus and Saturn will make a close approach to each other (known as a ...

View a brilliant morning star, enjoy dark skies during New Moon, and take in plenty of deep-sky targets in the sky this week.

In February, stargazers enjoyed a rare occurrence: All seven of Earth's planetary siblings dotted the night sky at once. And ...

A planetary alignment early Friday morning could resemble a celestial smiley face—depending on where you’re looking from and ...

Just before dawn tomorrow, look up for a moment of cosmic joy. Rare cosmic events can feel like being smiled down upon from ...

Well, in the predawn hours of April 25 it literally will be thanks to a double conjunction that will see Saturn, Venus and ...

A triple conjunction of the crescent moon, Saturn and Venus will appear April 25, forming a smiley face. Here's when to see ...