Two NOAA satellites saw a solar eclipse on Sept. 7 as the moon blocked out the sun mere hours before a lunar eclipse was seen ...

A small NASA satellite broke free from its orbit around Earth Monday and is now headed toward the moon, signaling a step in the right direction for the space program's efforts to put astronauts on the ...

To study the sun, scientists use a specialized telescope called a coronagraph. This instrument mimics a solar eclipse by ...

NASA's CAPSTONE satellite is currently hurtling towards the Moon after successfully breaking free of Earth's orbit on Monday. Launched from New Zealand last Tuesday by aerospace startup Rocket Lab, ...

The Earth has got itself a new moon. The new satellite is temporary: it will leave again at the end of November. And it is very small, at just 10 metres across. But it is one of a very few times that ...

A small NASA satellite is headed for the moon following its break from the Earth’s orbit on Monday, one week after it was launched from New Zealand by the American aerospace company Rocket Lab. The ...

This weekend, NASA launched a small satellite that will journey to the Moon and search for ice on the Lunar surface. The satellite, called the Lunar Flashlight, successfully communicated with NASA ...

NASA has lost contact with CAPSTONE, a tiny satellite that left Earth's orbit on July 4th. CAPSTONE is a cubesat weighing just 55 pounds, and it's headed for the Moon as part of NASA's plan to get ...

NASA reestablished contact Thursday with a satellite on its way to study the moon’s orbit, two days after losing contact with the spacecraft – a critical project as the agency seeks to launch its ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. In 2019, the National Institute of Standards and Technology quietly launched a program with the ambitious goal of capturing moonlight, ...