What is the moon phase today? Today, Jan. 18, 2025, the moon is 19 days old, in the Waning Gibbous phase of its lunar cycle. It is 78% illuminated. Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the ...

Adding to these threats is the growing accumulation of “space junk” orbiting the Moon, as well as the rise of space tourism. This year’s list highlights a range of challenges facing global ...

The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This alignment ensures the entire side of the Moon that faces us gleams under ...

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Florida on Wednesday, sending two commercial moon landers into space. One lander is the Resilience, made by Japanese company ispace. It's ispace's second ...

As 2025 begins, so comes the first full moon of the year. 2025's first full moon will be the last of four consecutive supermoons, according to NASA. But it's a pretty eventful lunar phase.

STORY: SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Florida on Wednesday, sending two commercial moon landers into space. It's an unusual "double moonshot" launch that highlights the global rush to ...

Radiolab and the International Astronomical Union have announced the winner of its quasi-moon naming contest as Cardea, a name chosen by University of Georgia sophomore Clayton Chilcutt.

Jan. 16, 2025 — A new study analyzing a lake formed by a glacier surge in the Karakoram Mountains has revealed how satellite images can be used to monitor the potential for lake drainage ...

The first full moon of the year, the Wolf Moon, will reach peak illumination at 5:27 p.m. ET on January 13 and remain visibly full through January 15, as confirmed by NASA. This moon derives its name ...

ORLANDO, Florida/TOKYO - Two moon landers, one from Japan's ispace and another from U.S. space firm Firefly, lifted off on Wednesday from Florida on a SpaceX rocket in an unusual double moonshot ...