Data from previous missions had made planetary scientists wonder whether, rather than just pockets of melt, Io contained a 31-mile (50-kilometer) deep layer of magma: a moon-wide ocean of molten rock.

NASA’s Artemis Program is about more than just the Moon. It’s preparing for future missions to Mars, using the Moon as a testing ground. The success of SLS and Orion is vital for the upcoming missions ...

Solar wind could trigger water molecule formation on Moon NASA simulates hydrogen ion reactions with lunar soil Hydroxyl compounds detected under lab conditions ...

The contest, called the LunaRecycle Challenge, is part of NASA’s bigger plan to support human life beyond Earth without depending too much on supplies from home. As the Artemis program gears up ...

A new experiment simulating 80,000 years of sun exposure on moon dust reveals how the sun may be generating water on the moon.

Right click to download a larger version of this image. Galileo Project, NASA In this image of Jupiter's moon Io, two sulfurous eruptions are visible. Right click to download a larger version of ...

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See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2025. Today, April 17, 2025, the moon is 19 days old and is in the Waning Gibbous phase of its lunar ...

Here are the dates for the full moons in 2025. The next full moon will be on Monday, May 12. It will officially reach its full moon phase at 12:56 p.m. EST (1656 GMT), but local moonrise times ...