A rare black moon darkens the sky on Aug. 23, 2025, followed by a close encounter between the young crescent and Mars just ...

The dark skies during a new moon provide ideal conditions for spotting skywatching targets that would otherwise be outshined by moonlight.

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have found an unknown moon orbiting Uranus, bringing the planet’s total to 29 — and more likely remain undiscovered.

As of Monday, Aug. 25, the moon phase is Waxing Crescent, and only 5% will be lit up to us on Earth, according to NASA's ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a new moon that is small and dim in orbit around Uranus. The discovery brings ...

The discovery expands Uranus’s known family of satellites to 29, with the tiny moon measuring just 6 miles across.

This week in Starwatch I want to go back to basics when it comes to the moon. So why does the moon change shape? Why is it a ...

In the space close to the icy planet, outside its ephemeral rings, JWST snapped a tiny object that no one had ever seen ...

Just six miles in diameter, our little neighbor is so small that no telescope has been powerful enough to notice it orbiting ...

A team of astronomers announced Tuesday that a new satellite measuring roughly 90 football fields across was discovered ...

For now, the tiny new moon has a clunky name, but if it passes peer review, they might call it something better.

The Solar System has a total of 419 known moons around planets. If we count dwarf planets, asteroids, and other worlds, the ...