What does a children’s nursery rhyme and astronomy have in common? Plenty, and the former is quite helpful in understanding one aspect of the latter: the moon’s phases. Everyone is familiar with the ...

The bright star Spica will appear to dance around Earth's moon on the night of May 9. Here's how to catch the celestial pair at play ahead of next week's full 'Flower Moon'. Stargazers should look for ...

Stargazers in the U.S. will witness the razor-thin waning crescent moon rise close to Venus and the bright star Regulus in the predawn sky on Sept. 19, while others will see the lunar disk pass ...