NOAA's GOES-19 satellite may have captured the first natural solar eclipse from space, with the moon's odd path explained by a spacecraft maneuver.

Lunar samples reveal the far side of the moon, hidden from Earth's view, may have a cooler interior than the near side. "The near side and far side of the moon are very different at the surface and ...

See the epic view of the moon and Earth captured by the Orion spacecraft ahead of its outbound powered flyby. Credit: NASA / time-lapsed by Space.com's Steve Spaleta Music: Kepler's Hope by Year of th ...

The 2025 Harvest Moon will appear in October. This occurrence is rare. It will also be a Supermoon. The moon will look larger and brighter. Observers ...

The Moon has always been a plain, grayscale, landscape. Its plains and craters offer some variety, but the lunar surface blends into a uniform dullness.

This hasn't always been the case. If we take the current rate of recession and project it backwards, the Moon collides with the Earth about 1.5 billion years ago, which is awkward given that the Moon ...

Witness the first images of the September 2025 partial solar eclipse. The moon and sun put on a magnificent show on Sept. 21 when a dramatic partial solar eclipse darkened the sky over a swathe of the ...

The Earth and moon are within view of NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft on Nov. 28. 2022. The Earth is over 260,000 miles away (418,000 km) in this view.

As of Thursday, Sept. 18, the moon phase is Waning Crescent, and it is 11% lit up to us on Earth, according to NASA's Daily Moon Observation.

The moon and Venus will shine vividly alongside a bright star in the early morning in a celestial rendezvous that should be visible across the U.S.

The Robert Ferguson Observatory in Kenwood will mark this weekend’s International Observe the Moon Night with a special “Moon Focus Night,” offering visitors a chance to learn about Earth’s closest ...