NASA NASA has updated its list of potential landing sites for the next human visit to the moon, which is planned for 2026. The Artemis III mission will see the first crewed lunar landing since the ...

It sounds like something out of a science-fiction movie. For the past couple of weeks, Earth's orbit has been home to a "mini-moon" the size of a city bus. The celestial object is more than just a ...

The dark skies during a new moon provide ideal conditions for spotting skywatching targets that would otherwise be outshined by moonlight. The next new moon will occur on Sunday, Dec. 1 at 1:21 a ...

We have had reason to doubt the official September 2025 launch date for the ... will launch inside Orion on a 10-day mission out to the Moon and back. The spacecraft will follow a free-return ...

October’s full moon is the closest supermoon of the year, at a distance of about 222,055 miles from Earth. September’s full moon was just behind it, at 222,131 miles away. While any supermoon ...

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I remember watching the full moon rise one early evening a while back. It was when I still lived in Colorado, and I was standing outside in my yard. I first noticed a glow to the east lighting up ...

Sunset at Atlas and Hercules Craters from the Photographic Atlas of the Moon, by Robert Reeves. The moon is back in fashion, but how well do you know it? It's been over 55 years since Neil ...

September, October and November. But this week's supermoon is the one where the full moon and perigee coincide closest together. In contrast, on April 13, 2025, the full moon will closely coincide ...

If you catch a glimpse of the full moon in the next couple of nights, you might notice how bright it is. This month's full moon, called the Hunter's Moon, is also a supermoon and happens to be the ...

Stargazers will be in for a show tonight when a supermoon lights up the sky. The supermoon will be the third of four consecutive supermoons, and NASA says it will also be the brightest of the bunch.

A spacecraft that will study one of Jupiter’s moons launched Monday on a journey of more than six years to discover if the moon has the ability to support life. The solar-powered spacecraft ...