The incoming object created an impact basin and sent streams of rocks hurtling like missiles, NASA said. Within minutes, two ...

What is the moon phase today? Today, Feb. 4, 2025, the moon is 6 days old, in the waxing crescent phase of its lunar cycle. It is 43% illuminated. Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the ...

Thanks to the Moon’s orbit around Earth, the angle of sunlight hitting ... Blue Moon: A Blue Moon is the second Full Moon in a month that experiences two Full Moons. This phenomenon graces ...

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New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons on the lunar far side.

Credit: Blue Origin Here's a round-up of space missions and cosmic events just around ... to the moon and send back crucial data. Ispace's new Hakuto-R mission will be its second try, after ...

Athena — which is Intuitive Machines' second lander — aims to validate ... a tall mountain near the moon's south pole. The region is a potential landing site for NASA's Artemis 3 crewed ...

The Blue Ghost lunar lander continues to capture beautiful views on its 45-day road trip to the Moon, most recently an Earth eclipse. After sharing its first views of Earth and the Moon, Blue Ghost ...

Pluto-Charon Formation Scenario Mimics Earth-Moon System Jan. 7, 2025 — A researcher has used advanced models that indicate that the formation of Pluto and Charon may parallel that of the Earth ...

28), in preparation for launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Athena — which is Intuitive Machines' second lander — aims to validate resource prospecting, mobility, and communications infrastructure ...