Sierra Leone’s present beauty and past pain are intimately bound. A journey from the West African country’s jungles to its ...

Sierra Leone’s present beauty and past pain are intimately bound. A journey from the West African country’s jungles to its ...

Sierra Leone’s present beauty and past pain are intimately bound. A journey from the West African country’s jungles to its ...

Below Corona Borealis is bright star Vega. Tracking the moon night by night is one of the easiest ways to understand the rhythm of the sky. It moves about 12–13 degrees eastward each day — a ...

With the Moon gone from the evening sky, you can also enjoy the Beehive Cluster (M44) in central Cancer, which Mars passed earlier in the month. Shining at magnitude 3.7 and spanning almost 100 ...

The Moon’s illumination is given at 12 P.M. local time from the same location. For a look ahead at more upcoming sky events, check out our full Sky This Week column.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The waning crescent moon forms a smiling mouth above the eastern horizon on April 25, as ...

WASHINGTON — If you’re a fan of stargazing, or just love a good excuse to step outside, Monday night's sky show might be ...

Scientists have discovered key differences under the moon's surface that may explain why its two hemispheres look so different. The moon's near side, the side visible to Earth, is dark and covered ...

The new moon occurs April 27, and a day later Venus and Saturn will make a close approach to each other (known as a conjunction) in the predawn sky. To make a new moon, you need to line up the sun ...

‘Smiley face’ in the sky: The close alignment of Venus, Saturn, and a crescent moon created a formation resembling a smiling face during a rare cosmic event. Sky smiled back! In the early ...

Sky gazers are in for a gentle lunar treat. May’s full moon, fondly called the ‘Flower Moon’, will rise with elegance this weekend. With its soft glow and symbolic charm, it marks a seasonal ...