Where does the Moon’s exosphere originate? A study by TU Wien, based on analysis of actual lunar rock, shows that the impact ...

When the Sun, Earth, and Moon line up in 'syzygy' Thursday night, the Full Buck Moon will shine in the sky. Do you have reasonably clear skies during the latter half of this week? If so, take a ...

New experiments with Apollo moon dust show micrometeorites - not solar wind - are the main source of the Moon’s thin ...

The exact moment of the December full moon occurred at 4:02 a.m. EST (0902 GMT) on Sunday morning, Dec. 15. But even as early as Friday night (Dec. 13), the moon will be 97.9% illuminated ...

November's full moon is typically called the Beaver Moon for the beavers that typically build their winter dams this time of year in the northeastern U.S., according to timeanddate.com.

With Resilience, the Japanese company ispace hoped to be one of the first to land a private spacecraft on the moon. Unfortunately, its first mission, in April 2023, ended in failure as the crashed ...

In April 2023, ispace's first lander crashed on the Moon due to a similar altitude measurement problem. The spacecraft thought it was on the surface of the Moon, but was actually firing its engine ...