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 ...

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 ...

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.” Astronomers rushed to study the object while it was still ...

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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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 ...

Before them stood a silvery metal contraption swathed in colourful wires – a box that they hope will one day make oxygen on the moon. Once the team vacated the sphere, the experiment began.

This photo provided by Firefly Aerospace shows Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander captures the Blue Marble while in Earth orbit on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (Firefly Aerospace via AP) ...

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The Moon is one of nature's wonders, but to photograph it successfully you first have to understand it. Although astrophotographers specializing in the Moon usually photograph it through a powerful ...