As of Sunday, Sept. 28, the moon phase is Waxing Crescent, and according to NASA's Daily Moon Observation, 36% of its surface ...
On Sept. 29, the moon will reach its first quarter phase in the pragmatic and disciplined sign of Capricorn, challenging the ...
A UC Berkeley lab is controlling a NASA mission to study the farthest reaches of Earth’s atmosphere from afar using the Carruthers Geocorona Observatory.
New Glenn's second flight will propel NASA's twin ESCAPADE spacecraft to Mars to study how the solar wind interacts with the planet's magnetic environment.
October will begin with a lunar standout: the first of three consecutive supermoons. Supermoons appear slightly larger and ...
The shocking discovery of hematite on the Moon was made a few years ago. Hematite forms from the oxidation of iron, a process ...
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The moon is getting slightly farther away from the Earth each year — a physicist explains why
Scientists measure the distance to the Moon by bouncing lasers off mirrors placed there by space probes and astronauts.
For researchers at the University of Idaho, spotting a moon 6 miles wide orbiting Uranus, a staggering 1.8 billion miles from Earth, may actually be easier than finding a white cat in a snowstorm. A t ...
We typically think of the Moon as an isolated rock in space, a quarter million miles from here. It’s a barren place, once described by Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin as “magnificent desolation.” ...
The month is packed with skywatching highlights—including two galaxies visible to the naked eye and a rare glimpse of the ...
For researchers at the University of Idaho, spotting a moon 6 miles wide orbiting Uranus, a staggering 1.8 billion miles from ...
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