Blue Ghost will spend the next 16 days in lunar orbit, if all goes to plan. It will conduct additional engine burns to circularize its path around Earth's nearest neighbor, then attempt a landing in ...

Before arriving at the moon, the small satellite mission will use the gravity of the sun, Earth, and moon over several months ...

Jumping workouts could help astronauts prevent the type of cartilage damage they are likely to endure during lengthy missions to Mars and the Moon, a new study suggests. The researchers found that ...

Scientists have long thought that the South Pole-Aitken basin was formed by a shallow-angle impact, but new research suggests ...

Understand the moon phases and you can wager a pretty good guess for when the next full moon is just by looking up.

Even to a casual viewer, the waxing gibbous moon of Feb. 7 will appear quite unusual, climbing so very high in the sky.

The brightest planets in the night sky will shine as the 'planet parade' continues throughout February, plus be on the lookout for the Moon to join the line-up, and for Saturn to 'tag' Mercury in ...

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Ahead of the full moon, a first-quarter moon will occur on Feb. 5 at 3:02 a.m. After the full moon, a last-quarter moon will occur on Feb. 20 at 12:32 a.m., followed by a new moon on Feb. 27 at 7: ...

The NHL is kicking off 2025 by naming franchise stars from the past quarter-century. From Dec. 30, 2024, through Jan. 31, the NHL is announcing the first and second quarter-century teams for each ...

Feb. 4 — First quarter moon. The moon is shown at 1:18 a.m. CST on Feb. 6 moments before its dark edge covers the star Electra in the Pleiades star cluster. The moon will also occult Merope and ...

Meta Platforms forecast first-quarter revenue below Wall Street estimates on Wednesday, signaling its bets on pricey artificial intelligence-powered tools were struggling to attract additional ...