These changes in appearance are the phases of the moon. As the moon orbits Earth, it cycles through eight distinct phases. The four primary phases of the moon (new moon, first quarter, full moon ...

Oxygen isotope identity of the Earth and Moon with implications for the formation of the Moon and source of volatiles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 2024; 121 (52) DOI: 10.1073 ...

The Blue Ghost lunar lander has captured its first images of the moon from Earth’s orbit as well as a video of Earth ...

The company plans to capture HD imagery of a total lunar eclipse from the moon when Earth will move directly between our neighbor and the sun as it travels along its orbital path. On Earth ...

15, the red planet will reach opposition, something that occurs once every 26 months as Earth passes between Mars and the sun. Mars approaches the bottom of the full Wolf Moon as they rise over ...

A small near-Earth asteroid, 2024 PT5, may originate from the Moon, as its reflectance spectrum matches lunar samples but not known asteroid types. This suggests it is lunar ejecta, making it only ...

Can a global pandemic affect temperatures on the Moon? A 2024 study linked worldwide lockdowns with a drop in heat radiation reaching the Moon from Earth – but now scientists say that wasn't actually ...

Blue Ghost took its first photos of the moon from the spacecraft's orbit around Earth. - Firefly Aerospace The company plans to capture HD imagery of a total lunar eclipse from the moon when Earth ...

The prevailing theory had been that the moon was the result of a collision between early Earth and the protoplanet Theia. New measurements indicate that the moon formed from material ejected from ...

Blue Ghost took its first photos of the moon from the spacecraft's orbit around Earth. - Firefly Aerospace The company plans to capture HD imagery of a total lunar eclipse from the moon when Earth ...

According to BBC Sky at Night Magazine, it is all a matter of perspective and how we see objects in the night sky from Earth. They say: "Mars isn't actually close to the Moon, it just appears as ...