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The findings are a big clue as to why the far and near hemispheres of the moon look so different. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

The craters bear the names of astronomers who revolutionized our understanding of the night sky. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

The next full moon will be the February snow moon, set to rise in Cancer, amid the visible Beehive cluster of stars and bright Regulus, ahead of the upcoming solar and lunar eclipse of 2026.

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The moon is chock-full of Earth’s history. Elements from our planet’s atmosphere have made their way into moon dust, also called regolith, on a pathway created by the Earth’s magnetic field. These ...

When four astronauts begin a historic trip around the moon as soon as February 6, they’ll climb aboard NASA’s 16.5-foot-wide Orion spacecraft with the understanding that it has a known flaw — one that ...

NASA has announced it will fuel the Artemis II rocket as part of a simulated launch that will take place as early as Saturday (Jan. 31). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Blue Origin's Blue Moon Mark 1 lander, named Endurance, is being shipped for testing. Blue Origin is contracted by NASA to deliver the VIPER mission to the moon's south pole. An upgraded Mark 2 lander ...

In less than two weeks, NASA is scheduled to launch its Artemis 2 mission, the first crewed journey to the Moon in over half a century. The Space Launch Rocket has already been rolled out to the ...