From lunar water hunts to Mars sample returns, China's space program is embarking on groundbreaking missions across the solar ...

This week, sky watchers get to experience the third in a series of four consecutive supermoons—a full moon that occurs near ...

Anyone who is capable of seeing the moon (or the sun) near the horizon has experienced this effect. The moon looks enormous there, far larger than it does when it’s overhead. I’m an astronomer ...

The moon landing missions planned to take place in the next few months are the Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost, the Intuitive ...

October 16 and 17 brings the full Hunter's Moon, and it's going to be a good one. The closest full supermoon of the year, it ...

Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the ... and the perspective with which we see the near side constantly changes, getting to see almost 60% of the lunar surface thanks to the phenomenon ...

The country's plans span the moon, near-Earth asteroids ... in color and lower in density than samples collected from the near side by Chang'e 5 in 2020, among other differences, according ...

Moonrise is near 4 p.m. EDT for several days around the full Moon, so you can see the Beaver Moon sailing across the evening sky from anywhere with clear evening weather. To get the best view of ...

The Moon passes several planets as Jupiter’s Galilean moons delight and Saturn’s satellite Iapetus reaches western elongation ...

The company achieved a major milestone during the fifth test flight of the vehicle, which could carry people to the moon and ...