Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The Blue Ghost lunar lander has captured its first images of the moon from the spacecraft’s orbit ...

If scientists can link lunar asteroids to specific craters on the moon, the space rocks could reveal more about material on the lunar surface, as well as below it. So far, 2024 PT5 is just the ...

As the moon travels around Earth, we see more or less of the illuminated half. Moon phases describe how much of the moon's disk is illuminated from our perspective. New moon: The moon is between ...

On Wednesday, a building will be launched from Cape Canaveral to be established on the moon. Not a research facility or lunar base. Not for mining or astronaut support or future lunar ...

Space.com's skywatching columnist Joe Rao explains the phenomenon in more detail in this interview conducted with FoxWeather.com. Every so often a new moon is known as a "Black Moon". A Black Moon ...

As the Earth was hit much more frequently by these impacts than the Moon, there should also be a measurable difference between the oxygen isotopes -- depending on the origin of the material that ...

The next and first full moon of the year, also known as the Wolf Moon, will be in peak view on Monday. January's full moon will reach peak illumination at 5:27 p.m. ET on Monday, according to NASA.

The organization said that more than 90 important sites on the moon could risk destruction if space tourism is left unregulated. By Zachary Small For years, the World Monuments Fund has sought to ...

The year's first full moon is best known as the wolf moon since the howls of wolves were more likely to be heard during winter, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac. But these names are ...

The first full moon of winter and 2025 — the Wolf Moon — will rise on Monday, but light up early evening skies on Tuesday as it rises in the east during dusk. As it does, it will be draped in ...

By Katrina Miller The first full moon of the year will glide through the sky on Monday night. For lucky stargazers in some parts of the world, it will also pass in front of the more-brilliantly ...