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Mars, Wolf Moon

Ars Technica · 7h

There was a straight shot from Earth to the Moon and Mars last night

So I grabbed my camera, ran outside, and looked up just as Mars was supposed to emerge from the Moon's curved horizon. Seen with the naked eye, the Moon's brightness far outshined Mars, casting soft shadows on a cold winter evening in East Texas.

Space on MSN · 16h

Mars hides behind the Full Wolf Moon in gorgeous photos from around the world

The moon performed a cosmic ballet with Mars this week.

CBS Boston on MSN · 1d

How to watch the Wolf moon's occultation of Mars in Boston

The highlight of the week is coming tonight in the night sky - the lunar occultation of Mars. First off, at 5:27 p.m. the moon will be officially full. The full January moon is known as the "Wolf" moon.

2 Private Moon Landers Are Launching at Once

The New York Times · 2h

Two Private Moon Landers Have Launched at Once: What to Know

Robotic vehicles from Firefly Aerospace of Texas and Ispace of Japan will part ways early Wednesday after launching from the same SpaceX rocket. Both are aiming for the lunar surface.

The Associated Press on MSN · 56m

2 private lunar landers head toward the moon in a roundabout journey

SpaceX has launched a pair of lunar landers for U.S. and Japanese companies looking to jumpstart business up there

Space on MSN · 12h

Here's what NASA is sending to the moon on Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander

Firefly Aerospace's first mission to the moon is poised to launch in the early morning hours on Jan. 15. The company's Blue Ghost lunar lander is sharing a payload bay with another mission to the moon's surface,

Live Science20h

Earth's moon could've had Saturn-like rings, new study hints

A new study implies that in the past, moons in our solar system may have had rings just like planets do — deepening the ...

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Blue Ghost moon lander will help NASA see Earth's magnetic field 'breathing' for 1st time

Firefly Aerospace's soon-to-launch Blue Ghost moon lander will help NASA better understand our home planet, and how it ...

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Two privately-built moon landers share a ride to space atop a Falcon 9 rocket

Firefly's "Blue Moon" and ispace's "Resilience" are the latest in an ongoing push to gain private-sector experience exploring ...

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U.S. Moon Mission This Week Will Capture A ‘Total Earth Eclipse’ During A ‘Blood Moon’

What does a solar eclipse look like from the moon? The NASA-supported ‘Blue Ghost’ spaceship will find out on March 29 — if ...

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Kissing moons may explain why Earth's moon is so large

The larger moons of Pluto and Earth likely formed through a collisional process with Charon and our moon, respectively, ...

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Hakuto-R Moon Mission

The lander will take several months before reaching the Moon. Its trajectory will take it 1 million km from Earth at its ...

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What is the wolf moon? 2025's 1st full moon, plus other rare celestial sightings

Prepare to howl with delight at the first full moon of January 2025, the wolf moon, one of several wonders in the night sky ...

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