How NASA's Lunar Trailblazer will make a looping voyage to the moon
Before arriving at the moon, the small satellite mission will use the gravity of the sun, Earth, and moon over several months ...
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New Insights into the Moon’s Formation
The origin of the Moon has fascinated scientists for decades. The most widely accepted theory suggests that the Moon formed ...
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The Otherwise Unremarkable ‘Rock Boxes’ That Brought Pieces of the Moon Back to Earth
Its official name is the Apollo Lunar Sample Return Container No. 1008, but everyone, including Teasel Muir-Harmony, curator ...
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February's full moon shines bright tonight. Here's what to expect from the Snow Moon
The moon reached its peak brightness at 8:53 a.m. EST (1353 GMT) on Feb. 12, but local moonrise and moonset times will depend ...
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Moon or Mars? Why not both, acting NASA head Janet Petro says
NASA still views the moon as a stepping stone to Mars, even though Elon Musk has dismissed Earth's nearest neighbor as "a ...
Earth's mini-moon was the moon all along
PT5, which almost became a temporary mini-moon to Earth, was recently found to be a broken-off part of the moon itself. This ...
In Photos: See The ‘Snow Moon’ Rise To Set Up A ‘Blood Moon’ Eclipse
The Snow Moon rose on Feb. 12, 2025, marking the end of Chinese New Year and setting up both the beginning of Ramadan and a ...
See February’s full snow moon and the last of the planetary parade
There will also be two total lunar eclipses that occur during the March and September full moon events. A lunar eclipse, ...