Moon

Jupiter-bound Juno Probe Back in Full Operation After Earth Flyby Glitch

Juno swoops over Argentina This reconstructed day side image of Earth is one of the 1st snapshots transmitted back home…

11 years ago

A Fine Pair of Lunar Occultations for North America This Weekend

Heads up, North American residents: our Moon is about to blot out two naked eye stars on Friday and Saturday…

11 years ago

Oct. 7, 1959 – Our First Look at the Far Side of the Moon

For millennia, human eyes have seen only one face of the moon. Put a dude from the Iron Age in…

11 years ago

LADEE Successfully Enters Lunar Orbit on Oct. 6 Amidst Government Shutdown

NASA’s LADEE lunar orbiter will fire its main engine on Oct. 6 to enter lunar orbit in the midst of…

11 years ago

What are the Phases of the Moon?

Everyone knows that the Moon goes through phases, but let’s talk about why it does. It comes down to illumination,…

11 years ago

Tonight’s Harvest Moon Is For The Birds … Really!

Tonight's the Harvest Moon, the full Moon closest to the fall equinox. A perfect time to catch a big orange…

11 years ago

This Company Wants To Send Robots Into Lunar Caves

Ever since (and most likely long before) the first tantalizing glimpses of a lunar lava tube and skylight were captured…

11 years ago

Astrophotos: The Smiley Face Moon and Companions in the Sky

Did you notice a bright "star" close to the Moon last night (September 8, 2013)? People around the world had…

11 years ago