Debra Copeland recounts the moment she discovered two female robins sharing a crowded nest outside her home in St. Thomas, ...

Where did the moon's magnetism go? Scientists have puzzled over this question for decades, ever since orbiting spacecraft ...

While the moon once had a weak magnetic field generated by a small molten core, the team's research suggests it likely wouldn ...

The optical illusion occurs because people are used to interpreting shadows as coming from an overhead light source. But that's not necessarily the orientation of spacecraft. In many satellite photos, ...

Discover interesting facts about how the moon formed, what it's made out of, and the many missions humans have launched to ...

There have been proposed hypotheses as to how the Moon could have developed a core dynamo. For instance, a 2022 analysis suggested that in the first billion years, when the Moon was covered in molten ...

Dark Side of the Moon isn’t just an album—it’s a turning point in musical history. In this deep dive, we explore how Pink Floyd combined rock, jazz, and analog experimentation to produce one of the ...

"Milky Way season," when the galaxy's bright center becomes easier to see from Earth, typically runs from February to October, according to Milky Way photography website Capture the Atlas. However, ...

Capture the Atlas, the Milky Way photography site, says that Milky Way season goes from February to October and can be visible between midnight and 5 a.m. The moon, however, plays a role on when to ...

New Moon brings excellent dark-sky conditions for observing galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters in the sky this week.

Pink Floyd’s legendary album Dark Side of the Moon returns to the Cleveland Natural History Museum’s Shafran Planetarium.