The moon is not a reflection of Earth, despite a viral TikTok clip circulating online. The moon is a satellite that rotates around the Earth, pulled in by gravity.

See the epic view of the moon and Earth captured by the Orion spacecraft ahead of its outbound powered flyby. Credit: NASA / ...

SOFIA has pieced together the first detailed, wide-area map of water distribution on the moon. The new map covers about one-quarter of the Earth-facing side of the lunar surface below 60 degrees ...

Humans last walked on the moon during the Apollo program, between 1969 and 1972. (And the 54th anniversary of the epic Apollo 11 landing is July 20.) NASA plans to return people to the lunar ...

Water content map on the surface of the moon. Credit: Li, et al., 2023 ...