Before Apollo astronauts set foot upon the moon, much remained unknown about the lunar surface. While most scientists ...

It is a Japanese-led commercial mission. Astronauts won't be walking on the moon until 2027, but you’ll see a lot of rockets heading there this year, part of an ambitious series of uncrewed ...

January's full moon is traditionally known as the "Wolf Moon". Google is celebrating the final Half Moon of January with an interactive doodle on Thursday, January 23, 2025, that educates and ...

Meanwhile, NASA keeps talking about the importance of putting the first woman on the moon by way of their Artemis space program, which is also plagued by epic delays. I bet those two astronauts on ...

By Becky Ferreira For a few months last fall, a school-bus-size space rock named 2024 PT5 gained fame as Earth’s new “mini-moon ... that galvanized follow-up observations around the ...

What is the moon phase today? Today, Feb. 13, 2025, the moon is 15 days old and is in the Full Moon phase of its lunar cycle. It is 99% illuminated. Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the ...

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These names primarily trace back to a blend of cultural, agricultural, and natural observations about the Moon, aimed at allowing humans to not only predict seasonal changes, but also track the ...

This event will not be observable from the Americas. Lunar eclipses happen when Earth is between the sun and a full moon. During the event, the moon moves through Earth's umbra, the dark center of ...

An intriguing optical illusion featuring three women with umbrellas challenges viewers to spot a hidden face within 9 seconds. By observing the image's negative space and details carefully ...

A private U.S. spacecraft bound for the moon has captured stunning images of Earth one week into its flight. It carries experiments for NASA, part of the space agency's effort to return astronauts ...

At 7:36 a.m. EST, today is every stargazer’s favorite moment of the month — the new moon. This lunar phase sees the moon roughly between the Earth and the sun, making the moon invisible but ...