NASA's new Lunar Magnetotelluric Sounder, set to land on the Moon's surface in 2025, aims to revolutionize our understanding ...

Oxygen isotope identity of the Earth and Moon with implications for the formation of the Moon and source of volatiles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 2024; 121 (52) DOI: 10.1073 ...

These changes in appearance are the phases of the moon. As the moon orbits Earth, it cycles through eight distinct phases. The four primary phases of the moon (new moon, first quarter, full moon ...

A tiny asteroid loitering in a near-Earth orbit for a few months last year may have an intriguing origin on our Moon. Its characteristics led scientists to ask: is it a chip off the old lunar block, ...

"Mars' time and position of reappearance is difficult to judge since the planet lies concealed behind the moon beforehand," ...

Sucerquia and colleagues selected five sets of spherical moons and their neighboring planets, including Earth and the moon. For each set, the team added rings to all the satellites, then simulated ...

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 ...

Firefly’s first lunar delivery is scheduled to launch tomorrow and will land near a volcanic feature called Mons Latreille ...

Neither Mercury nor Venus has a moon, and Earth, of course, has just one permanent natural satellite (though it sometimes captures temporary "minimoons"). Nobody knew of any moons orbiting Mars ...

(Starship is expected to need its propellant topped off multiple times as it sits in Earth orbit before it can complete a moon mission.) Whether all these missions squeeze onto the 2025 calendar ...

This is when the moon reveals its full dayside to Earth. The moon will appear full for around three days. Mars won't become invisible, but it will be covered up by the moon after shining brightly.