Japan's private Resilience lunar lander captured a nice photo of the moon's south polar region. The probe is gearing up for a ...

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A combination of a dynamo-generated magnetic field and massive impacts could explain the highly magnetized rocks in some ...

Experts agree China is a valid threat to NASA's return to the moon plans. Here's why there is a rush to get SLS off the ...

There should be rocks showing both impact shock and high magnetism located near the lunar South Pole on the far side of the ...

A breakdown of how to get the most out of the different moon phases, from the new moon through waxing, full, and waning ...

Over the next few weeks, residents across the United States will be able to observe two key lunar phases lighting up the ...

The optical illusion occurs because people are used to interpreting shadows as coming from an overhead light source. But that's not necessarily the orientation of spacecraft. In many satellite photos, ...

The moon spent a few million years as a volcanic wasteland, covered with ongoing eruptions that spewed from mountains and ...

See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2025. Today, May 21, 2025, the moon is 24 days old and is in the waning crescent phase of its lunar ...

Several issues conspired to bring Athena down, including tough lighting conditions near the moon's south pole.

On the evening of May 27, the 23-hour-old moon will appear low in the northwestern sky starting about a half-hour after ...