Posted: September 20, 2024 | Last updated: September 20, 2024 On Sept. 20, 1970, the Soviet Union's Luna 16 moon probe landed on the moon to retrieve a soil sample.

Soil-like pebbles in moon samples brought home by Apollo 16 astronauts have revealed new details about lunar history.

The first one is the full moon and lunar eclipse in Pisces - a lunation we haven't experienced since September 16, 2016. On ...

A blue moon is an extra full moon in one calendar month. This happens about once every two-and-a-half years. This past September, the supermoon was also known as a Harvest moon. It was blood ...

A so-called "supermoon" happens when a moon turns full as it's close to Earth in its current orbit, called "perigee." We've had two of those already, in August and September, but this time ...

This moon comes after September's Harvest Moon, the third of four consecutive super moons this year. According to Old Farmer’s Almanac, the Hunter’s Moon will peak at 7:26 a.m. EST on Thursday ...

"It's remarkable to think that the samples Apollo 16 brought back more than half a century ago still have secrets to reveal about the moon's history." Scientists continue to piece together the ...