Neal Stephenson’s 2015 sci-fi novel “Seveneves” begins with, “The moon blew up with no warning and no apparent reason.” It turns out that scientists think his ideas of what might happen ...

Elisha Sauers writes about space for Mashable, taking deep dives into NASA's moon and Mars missions, chatting up astronauts ...

Stargazers who looked up at the sky last night and early this morning might have spotted the March 2025 "Blood Moon," a total lunar eclipse that colored the moon in shades of red, orange and yellow.

Other names for December's moon include the Drift Clearing Moon, the Frost Exploding Trees Moon, the Moon of the Popping Trees, Hoar Frost Moon, Snow Moon and Winter Maker Moon, according to the ...

The moon lander captured the first ever HD imagery of a sunset as seen from the moon, and the images have been stitched together into a video. The stunning footage shows the sun setting over the ...

The Blue Ghost lunar lander has been sharing dazzling visuals of our celestial neighbour since it successfully entered the moon's orbit on February 13. The new footage features a close-up of the ...

the Center Moon, the Frost Exploding Moon and several other names by different groups. Devika Rao has worked as a staff writer at The Week since 2022, covering science, the environment ...