The moon will appear low in the night sky this week, giving it an unnaturally large appearance known as the moon illusion. Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning.

A false-color photo of the moon that was created from a composite of 15 images taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft during a flyby on Dec. 8, 1992. But what color is moonlight, really? (Image credit ...

The color of last month’s full strawberry moon as it was rising was impressive, and we may get a repeat this month. The full buck moon starts to rise in the southeast at around 9 p.m. Thursday.

It was July 1969, and humankind’s much-anticipated trip to the surface of the moon was days away. The public, and the ...

The Perseids, the year's most popular meteor shower, will soon peak, but August's full moon could impact viewing. Here's what ...