A moon-bound spacecraft snaps footage of Earth eclipsing the sun
En route to land on the moon, a spacecraft snapped views of Earth eclipsing the sun. The Blue Ghost lunar lander, built by ...
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Follow the Water: Searching for a Lunar Oasis
Image of Shackleton Crater, a permanently shadowed region near the lunar south pole, shows slevation (left) and shaded relief ...
See A Crescent Moon Beside Venus And ‘Groundhog Day: The Night Sky This Week
I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...
Full moon, lunar occultation and parade of planets visible tonight
At 8:07 p.m. Monday, stargazers in Chicago will see Mars disappear behind the moon and reappear on the other side of the moon at 9:17 p.m. Also this week, multiple planets will be clearly visible in ...
Firefly’s Lunar Lander Captures Haunting Earth Eclipse From Space
On January 18, the team at Firefly carried out Blue Ghost’s first engine burn, firing up the lander’s thrusters and main ...
Earth’s recent ‘mini-moon’ may be an actual piece of the moon, astronomers say
An asteroid that orbited near Earth for a few months as a mini-moon may be a chunk of the moon that was blasted off by an impact thousands of years ago.
When and where to see the next ‘Blood Moon’ lunar eclipse
A second total lunar eclipse will occur on September 7-8, this one best seen from Asia. People in the US will miss out on ...
Remember the 'mini-moon' last year? Study finds it was likely just a chunk of the actual moon
A chunk of space rock that visited near Earth's orbit last year was widely called a "mini-moon," a nickname that was more ...
We’re going back to the moon: Everything to know about NASA’s latest lunar lander mission
For the past week, an uncrewed lunar lander has been journeying through outer space on a 60-day mission to the moon on behalf ...