The Moon does not make its own light. "Moonlight” is actually reflected sunlight. At any moment, half of the Moon is brightly sunlit (this is the day side). The other half is in the dark (this ...

March's full "Blood Worm Moon," a phenomenon that makes the moon appear red during a total lunar eclipse, is visible this week for Americans and others in Earth's Western Hemisphere. The full moon ...

Most of the Western Hemisphere should see the moon change color as it passes through the darkest part of Earth’s shadow, or umbra, according to NASA. When the moon passes through this part of ...

Look at how the Earth's tilt changes how much sunlight the northern hemisphere receives. The Moon is always a sphere but you may have seen different shapes of Moon in the sky. These are called the ...

There are three types of lunar eclipses depending on how the sun, Earth and moon are aligned at the time of the event. During a total lunar eclipse, the lunar surface turns a rusty red color ...

Most of the time, the full moon isn't perfectly full. We always see the same side of the moon, but part of it is in shadow, due to the moon's rotation. Only when the moon, Earth and the sun are ...

Then on Thursday, the lander, named Blue Ghost, fired its engines for four minutes to propel the spacecraft beyond Earth’s orbit toward the moon. The engine burn was the most challenging the ...

Now, the autonomous lander has captured a truly jaw-dropping view as it records a unique close-up of the moon. In an incredible video, you can see the distant Earth rising and setting behind the ...