April's full moon is a micromoon, which occurs when the moon nears its farthest point from Earth. Similarly, the February 2023 full moon, seen in Somerset, England, appeared smaller than usual.

The Virtual Telescope Project will provide a view of the micromoon using its robotic telescopes in Manciano, Italy. The project's free online livestream will begin at 8:00 p.m. EDT on Saturday ...

Following the successful test of Cona, plans are underway to install it on the 4-meter Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Maui, Hawaii, the world's largest solar telescope. TOPICS space photo of ...

Massive telescope will map the Universe and provide an evolving record of the Solar System and distant stars.

Salmon raised in captivity and released into rivers bound for the North Pacific are breeding with wild salmon, raising concerns among scientists about the fishes’ future. A new study 1 published ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile houses the world's most powerful survey telescope with the largest digital camera ever built by humans, and it is about to drop its first pictures. The US ...

April's full moon — also called the Pink Moon, or Paschal Moon — rises Saturday (April 12) and peaks at 8:22 p.m. EDT (0022 GMT April 13). While it won't appear pink, this month's full moon ...

This mid-infrared image of colliding galaxies IC 2163 and NGC 2207 from the James Webb Space Telescope shows two large, luminous “eyes” at the galaxies’ cores, some 80 million light-years away.

7 night sky events to see in April, from a meteor shower to the ‘pink moon’ The moon dims, the meteors fly, and the planets dance—these are the most exciting celestial events happening this ...

Tallahassee residents awoke to a sunrise to remember in Florida's capital city on Friday morning. Here's how it happened and your best shots of the light show.

The Science Museum of Virginia ... Tickets are sold out for the Pink Floyd shows, but SMV plans to showcase more shows over the next year featuring Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, and more.