The next full moon is Saturday, Aug. 9, and is sometimes called the Sturgeon Moon. It gets that name from when "The Great ...

The full buck moon will reach its peak illumination on Thursday, July 10. It’s just one of this month’s celestial highlights.

Earth's shadow will darken part of the moon Wednesday morning in a lunar eclipse that will be visible from much of the globe, including central and western North America. But don't get too excited ...

They stay below -160°C (-260°F), so any ice there remains solid as a rock for billions of years. Most cold traps are at the Moon’s South Pole, attracting attention from space agencies.

Some pits on the moon are always 63 degrees, ... Parts of the moon have stable temperatures fit for humans, researchers find. July 30, 2022 3:36 PM ET. By . Shauneen Miranda ...

But the really mysterious parts of the moon aren’t on the far side. They’re at the poles, where the sun always hovers near the horizon. The lighting conditions create special circumstances: ...

An analysis of images from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter helped researchers find pit craters, and likely caves, on the moon with shaded areas that could provide stable temperatures for humans.

New research on a sample of the moon brought back by Apollo 17 has revealed how giant meteorite impacts formed parts of the celestial satellite's crust.