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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 ...
Firefly’s Blue Ghost Lander Bids Farewell to Earth on Its Way to the Moon
The Blue Ghost mission launched on Wednesday, January 15, on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and is currently around halfway ...
Think this space station and moon photo is AI? Meet the photographer.
Many photos McCarthy has taken of the space station in the past show the ship as a silhouette in Earth's shadow. This time he ...
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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 ...
Firefly spacecraft provides striking view of Earth on top of Earth
Firefly Aerospace 's moon-bound spacecraft has provided the closest thing to a reflecting pool in space, showing Earth as an ...
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Watch The Far Side Of Moon As It Comes Between Earth And Spacecraft
The DSCOVR satellite's Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) captured the moon transit the Earth. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA EPIC Team | produced & edited by Steve Spaleta ...
Did Covid-19 lockdown cause temperatures on the Moon to drop? All you need to know
Did Earth's pandemic lockdowns influence the moon's temperatures? Researchers have now revisited the study to see if the sudden break in human activity on Earth led to the cooling down of the Moon in ...
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Flagstaff scientist explains how the Moon got two Grand Canyons
The far side of the Moon has its own versions of the Grand Canyon—two of them, in fact! A new study explains how these deep ...
When is total lunar eclipse 2025? Check dates, timings and where to catch 'Blood Moon' eclipse
The lunar eclipse will occur on March 14, 2025, and it will last for over six hours, passing through different phases. The ...
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There’s a tiny chance the asteroid headed for Earth could hit the moon
Asteroid 2024 YR4 is on a potential crash course with Earth, but there’s a very slight chance the moon could take the ... new calculations show that there… Receive a weekly dose of discovery ...
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Astronomy from the Moon, coming soon?
Lunar mining companies are looking to extract minerals found on the Moon that are extremely valuable back on Earth; collect helium-3, a rare substance used to improve quantum computers ...
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2025 Full Moon calendar: When to see the Full Moon and phases
The images below show the day-by-day phases of the Moon in February. The Full Moon this month was Wednesday, Feb. 12. Note: Moon phases in the calendar vary in size due to the distance from Earth ...