Lunar New Year — also commonly called Chinese New Year — marks the start of the new year based on lunar calendars, or monthly cycles of the moon's phases. The lunar new year starts with the ...

In a two-for-one moonshot, SpaceX launched a pair of lunar landers Wednesday for US and Japanese companies looking to jumpstart business on Earth’s dusty sidekick. The two landers rocketed away in the ...

Immersive celebration of space science and art runs from February 15 through April 27 SAN FRANCISCO (January 14, 2025) – This spring, experience our solar system like never before at the Exploratorium ...

The full moon will slide in front of Mars Monday evening in a rare planetary occultation. Occultations are like eclipses but instead of the Sun, it's a planet or a much more distant star being ...

Skywatchers are in for a rare treat as January’s Full Wolf Moon aligns with Mars in a celestial event called a lunar occultation. On the evening of Monday, Jan. 13, the Moon will pass directly in ...

You need a full moon to have a lunar eclipse. You also need a specific set of circumstances where Earth throws its shadow onto the moon, plunging some or all of it into darkness. The sun needs to ...

The next lunar eclipse will be a total lunar eclipse on March 13-14, 2025. Related: Night sky guide, what you can see tonight A lunar eclipse is caused by Earth blocking sunlight from reaching the ...

Full Moons 2025 includes 12 events, 3 supermoons, and 2 eclipses Total lunar eclipses will occur in March and September 2025 Supermoons to brighten skies in October, November, and December 2025 ...

Planetary occultations involving the Moon are rare sights in the sky. This is particularly interesting when they involve Saturn, a fascinating object in the Solar System due to its spectacular rings.

For example, he has rarely criticized NASA or its overall goal to return humans to the moon through the Artemis program. Rather, Musk, who has long preferred Mars as a destination for humans ...

Recent photos taken by India’s Space Research Organization moon orbiter, known as Chandrayaan 2, clearly show the Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 landing sites more than 50 years later. The photos were ...