Chang’e-6's retrieval of lunar farside samples reveals crucial insights into the SPA basin's intrusive magmatism, aiding the ...

The full moon on its own makes people stop and stare, but the one that’ll be in the sky until Friday is even more unique than ...

October's supermoon is the closest of the year and it's teaming up with a comet for a rare stargazing two-for-one.

What is the moon phase today? Today, Oct. 16, 2024, the moon is 14 days old and is in the Full Moon phase of its lunar cycle. It is 98% illuminated. Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the ...

July 3, 2024 — Mysterious, light-colored swirls on Moon's surface could be rocks magnetized by magma activity underground, laboratory experiments ... Geologists Expect Chang'e-6 Lunar Surface ...

Along the lunar orbital path, the point of closest proximity is known as perigee, which is when the moon is, on average, ...

The mini-moon will be small — 33 feet long — and dim. NASA uses magnitude to describe brightness in space. A 6.5 magnitude is generally the dimmest object the human eye can see. The mini-moon ...

Earth will get a second moon for about two months this year when a small asteroid begins to orbit our planet. The asteroid was discovered in August and is set to become a mini-moon, revolving ...

According to NASA, the August full moon should appear 6.2% bigger and 12.8% brighter than the average full moon. The moon ...

A NASA spacecraft has blasted off on a quest to explore Jupiter's moon Europa and reveal whether its hidden ocean might hold the keys to life. SpaceX launched the Europa ...

Here are the dates for the full moons in 2024. The next full moon will be on Thursday, Oct. 17 at 7:26 a.m. EDT (1126 GMT. The moon will still appear full the night before and after its peak to ...