Andrew James McCarthy, frames the space station with Shackleton Crater, a famous landmark on the moon near its south pole.

In fiction, The Twilight Zone is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, between the ...

Planet-watching should only get better throughout the month. Venus, the planet of love, will shine brightest on Valentine's ...

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander caught haunting images of Earth while preparing to make its way towards lunar orbit. Blue Ghost launched on the "Ghost Riders in the Sky" mission on Jan ...

Ahead of Valentine's Day, prepare to be dazzled by the lunar heart, created by the interplay of light and shadow on our Moon.

I love observing the moon: its contours and craters are fascinating to explore with a good pair of binoculars or a telescope, and the terminator line throws everything into sharply fascinating relief.

Throughout the lunar month, Moon-watchers see the terminator – the line between the lit and shadowed sides of the moon – move across the Moon’s surface. During a full Moon, the Earth-facing ...

If craters aren’t particularly bright or dark, they tend to disappear into the background when the Moon’s phase is close to full. These craters are best seen when the 'terminator' is nearby ...