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The Earth eclipses the moon in this time-lapsed view from Firefly's Blue Ghost moon lander. Credit: Firefly Aerospace ...
See a time-lapsed view of the NASA Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft, Earth and moon that was captured. Credit: NASA | time-lapsed ...
Earth is perfectly safe from a menacing asteroid known as 2024 YR4 that is big enough to level a city, but the moon? Not so ...
Despite its name, you shouldn't expect the moon to visually look pink or red in color as it rises above the horizon.
A later variation appeared in a book, titled The Discovery of a World in the Moone by John Wilkins (1614-1672), an English ...
The moon's first quarter phase will be visible here on Earth. For those looking to catch a glimpse, NASA recommends a set of binoculars or a telescope, which will highlight the moon's texture and ...
In the early 1600s, Dutch spectacle maker Jan Lippershey discovered that combining lenses could magnify distant objects.
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is expected to discover 20 billion new galaxies over the next decade. A total view of the Virgo ...
When Apollo astronauts stumbled across shimmering orange beads on the moon, they had no idea they were gazing at ancient relics of violent volcanic activity. These glass spheres, tiny yet mesmerizing, ...
The Strawberry Moon gets its name from the time when strawberries were harvested in North America. Here’s everything you need to know about this special moon.
It is first-class ... one reason we’re going to the south pole of the moon.” Because of the moon’s lower gravity—a mere one sixth of Earth’s—rocket fuel produced there can be used ...