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An Asteroid Was Blasted Off The Moon, Scientists Now Know The Exact Location

What makes Kamo'oalewa particularly intriguing is its Earth-like orbit around the Sun, which is expected to remain stable for millions of years. Moreover, spectral analysis has revealed that its ... read more

Scientists discover gigantic 'structure' under the surface of the Moon

The Moon has been a subject of awe and fascination for millennia, with its shape-shifting powers and enigmatic dark side. And though it’s the one celestial body on which man has taken (small) steps, ... read more

Haunting photo of Earth and moon snapped by China's experimental lunar satellites

China's experimental moon satellites Tiandu-1 and 2 are testing lunar communications and navigation tech. Recently, they shared this image of the lunar surface with a ghostly Earth in the background. read more

Lake of lava "smooth as glass" discovered on Jupiter's moon Io

NASA's Juno spacecraft found Io’s surface is as smooth as glass, just like volcanically created obsidian glass ... read more

NASA reveals 'glass-smooth lake of cooling lava' on surface of Jupiter's moon Io

A new animation reveals an enormous lava lake on the surface of Jupiter's moon Io. The close-up view comes from NASA's Juno spacecraft, which swept within 930 miles (1,500 kilometers) of the volcanic ... read more

Scientists Say Something Seems to Have Broken Off the Moon at This Crater

A team of astronomers believes near-Earth asteroid Kamo'oalewa, a space rock between 130 and 328 feet in diameter, once belonged to the Moon. More specifically, they suggest the rock was gouged from a ... read more

Why is it so hard to send humans back to the moon?

Between 1969 and 1972, the Apollo missions sent a total of a dozen astronauts to the surface of the moon — and that was before the explosion of modern technology. So why does it seem like our current ... read more

NASA officially greenlights $3.35 billion mission to Saturn’s moon Titan

In the case of Dragonfly, NASA confirmed the mission with a total lifecycle cost of $3.35 billion and a launch date of July 2028. That is roughly twice the mission's original proposed cost and a delay ... read more

Craters of the Moon is Idaho’s ‘weird and scenic landscape.’ Let’s celebrate its centennial.

Right here in Idaho, a miniature replica of the moon country, a riot of color and fantastic shapes so unearthly as to make one believe himself on another planet.” This is how Boise explorer Robert W. read more

Look Up! April’s Full Pink Moon Is Finally Here

As The Old Farmer’s Almanac explains, the full Pink Moon rises around the same time in late April that wide mats of tiny, bright pink wildflowers, called moss phlox or creeping phlox, bloom across the ... read more

Ready yourself for release during April’s full pink moon in Scorpio

April has thus far been a fresh kind of hell, and we will not go gently or sweetly into the pastures of Taurus season nor this lunation. Hot take: the cosmos are not done with us yet. read more

Horoscopes: April’s Pink Moon in Scorpio rises this week. Here’s what it means for your sign.

Emotions will be running high this week, but also transformative. Tuesday, April 23, at 5:49 p.m. MDT, a full moon in the fixed Water sign of Scorpio will grace the Southern Utah sky. Full moons, ... read more