Hold on tight, spider monkey! These most quotable Twilight Saga lines have proven the series to be both a pop-culture ...

The four primary phases of the moon (new moon, first quarter, full moon, last quarter) occur about a week apart, with the full moon its most dazzling stage. Tariq is the Editor-in-Chief of Space ...

A new study suggests the moon is 4.51 billion years old, 100 million years older than previously thought. This revised age is based on the re-melting of lunar rocks due to Earth's gravitational ...

Current estimates suggest the Moon formed around 4.35 billion years ago, but some evidence hints at an older age that is closer to 4.51 billion years. This discrepancy has fueled debates and inspired ...

Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review. The winner of this year’s National Book Award in fiction has published ...

There are eight phases of the moon during a 29.5-day cycle: new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, third quarter and waning crescent. The phases exist ...

For years, researchers estimated the Moon formed 4.35 billion years ago. Image courtesy: Pixabay/Representational A new study reveals the Moon could be over 100 million years older than previously ...

The hero of William Boyd’s novel “Gabriel’s Moon” is, in his own words ... Gabriel lives modestly on a freelancer’s budget and writes books with titles such as “The Wine-Dark ...

Since 1985, literary agent Richard Curtis has irregularly chronicled the state of trade book publishing in verse in the pages ...

This year saw a variety of novels on the New York Times best-sellers list, including the 10 titles lurking in this very short story. The winner of this year’s National Book Award in fiction has ...

It has been tempting to view the C.I.A. as omniscient. Yet Coll’s chastening new book about the events leading up to the Iraq War, in 2003, shows just how often the agency was flying blind.