NASA’s Artemis II could be the first time human eyes set sight on the farside of the moon — and there are things human eyes can see that cameras can’t.

The familiar gray disk in our sky has long been framed as a fossil world, frozen in time since the early days of the solar ...

On some evenings the rising Moon seems to swell into a glowing disk that dwarfs city skylines and mountain ridges, as if it ...

NASA presents a plan to explore the interior of the Moon using robotic experiments, without the need for astronauts.

A colossal ancient impact may have reshaped the Moon far more deeply than scientists once realized. By analyzing rare lunar rocks brought back by China’s Chang’e-6 mission from the Moon’s largest ...

Ahead of the anticipated launch of the Artemis II mission, catch a glimpse of February’s full moon, called the snow moon.

A cluster of telescopes lined the concrete outside of Kika Silva Pla Planetarium, and families leaned in to take peeks at the moon’s craters through their lenses. Strangers chatted to each other about ...

Hidden lava tunnels on the Moon and Mars could one day shelter human explorers, offering natural protection from radiation and space debris. A European research team has unveiled a bold new mission ...

The agency did not complete a practice countdown for a mission that would be the first to send people around the moon in more than 50 years.

Have you ever tossed and turned under a full moon and wondered if its glow was keeping you awake? For generations, people have believed that the Moon has the power to stir up sleepless nights and ...

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The February 2026 Snow Moon appears on February 1 and reflects winter’s history, science, and seasonal meaning.