Later this year, a prototype telescope is slated to land on the moon. It could usher in a new era of lunar radio astronomy.

The mission is a critical test flight, aimed at validating systems for future lunar landings under NASA’s Artemis program: missions that could eventually establish a sustained h ...

The Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope, with its 2.3-acre collecting surface and highly sensitive receivers, will conduct radar observations of the Artemis II moon mission’s Orion spacecraft as it ...

Soon... full moon! The next full moon will light the night skies on Sunday, May 31. If you've ever wanted to take a great picture of the Moon, check out our Lunar Photography Guide for tips and tricks ...

BOULDER, Colo. (Reuters) - As the United States races to put humans back on the moon for the first time in nearly 50 years, a NASA-funded lab in Colorado aims to send robots there to deploy telescopes ...

So why is NASA launching fewer telescopes and planetary science missions than it did a quarter-century ago? The answer is ...

A stunning new telescope will help NASA scientists study and identify 100,000 exoplanets, hundreds of millions of galaxies, billions of stars and rare objects and phenomena that astronomers have never ...

Today, May 30, 2026, the moon is 13 days old and is in the Full Moon phase of its lunar cycle. It is 99% illuminated.