The mountains of the moon are visible for those that wish to see them this month. Here's how to check them out.

The "Golden Handle" appears each month when the sun illuminates a mountain range lining a vast impact crater. Saturday night ...

My observation of Mons Undset occurred at lunar colongitude 18.3˚, which must have been one of the occasions Neison mentioned, when the mountain appears as a striking site near the terminator.

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Astronomy neophytes might say it is when the moon at full phase — but that’s actually when it’s most boring. IE 11 is not supported. ... Explore moon mountains from your backyard.

The shape and composition of the highlands region on the far side of our moon may be due to an ancient sticky collision with another smaller companion satellite, scientists report this week in the ...

While the Mountains of the Moon likely sprung from an ancient Arab idea, the legends survive mainly thanks to accounts by classical explorers and historians, namely Ptolemy.

A pair of twin gravity-mapping moon probes ended their science mission today (Dec. 17) by becoming intimately familiar with the pull of the natural satellite. The washer-and-dryer-size Grail ...

The northern half of the moon exhibits many mountain ranges and a few isolated peaks It's time to spot some mountains on the moon. When you look at the moon through binoculars or a small telescope ...