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The Blue Ghost lunar probe from Firefly Aerospace amazes us with spectacular images of the Moon's surface. These snapshots, captured from Mare Crisium, reveal rare and magnificent celestial phenomena.
Seeing a total solar eclipse can be even more impressive than witnessing the aurora borealis, but it will be quite a while ...
And if you thought witnessing a total lunar eclipse from Earth was a rare treat, that's nothing compared to how often the spectacle has been seen from the moon. While this week's lunar show was ...
blocking the sun’s light from reaching the moon. View from Earth: Seen from Earth, the moon gradually gets darker as our planet blocks more and more of the sun’s light, eventually blocking it ...
Google Trends shows a spike in people searching whether there’s a second moon and if it can be seen from Earth. Earth is getting a second moon, specifically a “mini-moon.” In August ...
A view of Earth as seen by Blue Ghost shortly after landing on the moon. The event was a lunar eclipse as seen from Earth, but to Blue Ghost, it appeared more like a solar eclipse because the ...
including starting the moon's deepest robotic planetary subsurface thermal probe and using an X-ray imager to study the interaction of solar wind and the Earth's magnetic field. "Operating on the ...
With the moon tracing its lowest path of the year, its rising at dusk on June 10 is due to give it its most dramatic and reddish appearance. At meridian transit - which is its highest point at night - ...
This month's night sky is filled with close-range meteors, swirling nebulas, and prime stargazing conditions. Here’s when you ...
Summer will officially begin with this year's solstice on June 20. And on Wednesday, June 11, comes a "strawberry moon," the ...
The Blue Ghost probe from Firefly Aerospace captures a solar eclipse seen from the Moon on March 14, 2025. On Earth, we observed a lunar eclipse. Credit: Firefly Aerospace These missions provide ...