Scientists measure the distance to the Moon by bouncing lasers off mirrors placed there by space probes and astronauts.
This hasn't always been the case. If we take the current rate of recession and project it backwards, the Moon collides with ...
Meanwhile, up to 3,350 craters larger than 1 kilometer could have water, narrowed down to 20 larger than 19 kilometers with ...
As of Tuesday, Sept. 30, the moon phase is Waxing Gibbous, and according to NASA's Daily Moon Observation, 56% of its surface ...
The hits from Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost mission to the moon keep coming, as just days after sharing gorgeous images of Earth seen from space, the spacecraft has now captured incredible footage of ...
As of today, July 9, 2025, Earth is experiencing one of the shortest days ever recorded—and it's only the beginning. Following today’s exceptionally brief rotation, similar millisecond-shortened days ...
As announced by one of the officials of the US space agency, they plan to launch Artemis 2 two months earlier than planned. In this mission, four astronauts will orbit the Moon for about 10 days. NASA ...