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The upcoming lunar eclipse is what the Farmers' Almanac calls the “night of the red moon.” During a total lunar eclipse, the sun, Earth, and moon align the moon’s path directly into the ...

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 ...

Earth's moon has been selected as a historical preservation site in an attempt to protect humanity's lunar legacy. The World Monuments Fund announced today 25 new sites on their 2025 World ...

The Blue Ghost lunar lander has captured its first images of the moon from the spacecraft’s orbit around Earth, the Texas-based company Firefly Aerospace announced this week. The two images ...

A chunk of space rock that visited near Earth's orbit last year was widely referred to as a "mini-moon." Turns out the lunar-inspired moniker may have been more accurate than we realized.

Lunar eclipses happen when Earth is between the sun and a full moon. During the event, the moon moves through Earth's umbra, the dark center of its shadow. The best views will be for those in ...

Astronauts were last on the Moon in 1972 during the Apollo 17 mission. But before Artemis II, NASA will send two missions to scout the surface of the lunar south pole for resources that could ...

The year in space is off to a strong start for 2025 as two lunar landers from private companies — Texas-based Firefly Aerospace and Tokyo-based iSpace — have officially launched from Earth and are now ...