A supermoon is a full or new moon that is at or near its perigee, which is the closest distance to Earth along its orbit. Because our moon’s orbit is not a perfect circle but rather oval shaped ...

Stargazers across the U.S. and other parts of the world tilted their eyes up into the night sky before dawn to witness the glowing "blood worm moon" staring back at them. The stunning spectacle ...

The Blue Ghost lander captured the shots before going silent. A space robot said "good night" to the moon as it completed its two-week mission, capturing the first high-definition images of a ...

Discover when, how and where to watch the smallest full moon of the year take center stage on April 12. Skywatchers, get ready for a dazzling lunar display this weekend: April's full moon ...

The privately-owned Blue Ghost moon lander, built by Texas-based company Firefly Aerospace, has captured rare views of a lunar eclipse from the moon’s surface. The lander, which touched down ...

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The March 2025 total lunar eclipse brought a "Blood Moon" late Thursday night into early Friday morning, but it was too cloudy to see over New York City and the suburbs of Long Island and New Jersey.

A lunar eclipse happens when the Earth moves between the Sun and the Moon. That blocks out the light that would usually make it to the Moon and instead covers it in a shadow. That makes the Moon ...

The day when NASA will have to finally decide on the crew-rated rover it will use for the exploration of the Moon is fast approaching. By the end of this year, the American space agency is likely ...

Unlike a total solar eclipse, a partial eclipse occurs when the moon only covers a portion of the sun’s disk. This happens when the alignment of the sun, Moon, and Earth is slightly off center ...