A team behind the rescue of two lunar satellites left stranded by a launch anomaly have revealed the challenges they faced in ...

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Moon is slowly moving away from Earth at a rate of 3.8 centimetres per year. This gradual drift affects Earth’s rotation and ...

Today, April 17, 2025, the moon is 19 days old and is in the Waning Gibbous phase of its lunar cycle. It is 83% illuminated. Moon phase Date First Quarter April 4 Full Moon April 12 Third/Last ...

Easter 2025 is this Sunday, April 20. That’s super late. It feels odd to have Easter so late, right? Why isn’t it on the same ...

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 ... it be exploring the lunar seas, mountainous terrain ...

The far side of the moon—seen here, captured by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter ... satellite is much drier than the side that faces Earth, according to a new analysis.

NASA astronaut Don Pettit celebrated his 70th birthday returning from a 220-day mission on the International Space Station.

Scientists Find Evidence That Overturns Theories of the Origin of Water on Earth Apr. 16, 2025 — Researchers have helped overturn the popular theory that water on Earth originated from asteroids ...

Thanks to the Moon’s orbit around Earth, the angle of sunlight hitting the lunar surface and being reflected back to our planet changes. That creates different lunar phases. The next Full Moon ...

Scientists Find Evidence That Overturns Theories of the Origin of Water on Earth Apr. 16, 2025 — Researchers have helped overturn the popular theory that water on Earth originated from asteroids ...