The lunar heart, created by the interplay of light and shadow, is visible once a month, just before our satellite reaches ...

The moon is expected to turn an eerie blood-red above the skies of the U.S. in the coming months, due to a rare total lunar eclipse. Late on March 13 and in the early hours of March 14 this year ...

Firefly had purchased a Falcon 9 launch to send its Blue Ghost lander to the moon. At the same time, Ispace, to save on the costs for the mission, had asked SpaceX for a rideshare, that is ...

Two lunar landers built by private companies in the US and Japan have left Earth aboard a SpaceX rocket as part of a rideshare to the Moon. The Falcon 9 took off from the Kennedy Space Center in ...

A stunning new photo captures the moon and Saturn engaged in a cosmic game of peek-a-boo. On Jan. 4, Saturn briefly hid behind the crescent moon, escaping the view of skywatchers in Europe ...

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander, a spacecraft commissioned by NASA, enjoys its SpaceX ride before the rocket releases it into space. Credit: SpaceX / Firefly Aerospace On its 100th ...

Not one but two private firms each launched spacecraft to the Moon today — a sign of companies’ growing interest in lunar exploration, a risky enterprise long dominated by government agencies.

The findings deepen the mystery of why these satellites are now ring-free. Rings surround many members ... and colleagues to investigate whether moon rings could be stable at all.

As 2025 begins, so comes the first full moon of the year. 2025's first full moon will be the last of four consecutive supermoons, according to NASA. But it's a pretty eventful lunar phase.

Unlike during a total solar eclipse, the moon only blocks part of the sun’s face, creating a crescent shape in which it appears the moon is taking a “bite” out of the sun. The first partial ...

One of the highly anticipated events is the Wolf Moon, the first full moon of 2025. The lunar cycle began on Jan. 4 with the moon in its last quarter. On Jan. 7, the moon entered its first quarter ...