As the full moon shines in the night sky this weekend, take a moment to revel in its beauty and search for a large, dark plain. The surface feature is Mare Tranquillitatis, or the Sea of Tranquility, ...

The moon will be rising before 5 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesdays and will be more than evident not long after nightfall.

Turn your telescope on the moon at sunset on Oct. 28 to see a colossal "X" and "V" form on the lunar surface as sunlight ...

What Does Waxing Gibbous Mean? The term 'Waxing Gibbous' refers to a specific stage in the lunar cycle. During this phase, the moon is more than half illuminated but not yet full. This phase occurs ...

Buzz Aldrin, who followed Neil Armstrong on to the lunar surface in July 1969, at the San Diego Air & Space Museum in 2019. Photo by Chris Stone The San Diego Air & Space Museum on Saturday will honor ...

Neil Armstrong, who was the first person to walk on the Moon, took an iconic photo of Aldrin standing in the Sea of ...

On July 20, 2004, as part of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s “Space Chats” community presentation series, the visitor center at Goddard will have a variety of activities to celebrate the 35th ...

Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. As the full moon shines in the night sky this weekend, take a ...