An asteroid that orbited near Earth for a few months as a mini-moon may be a chunk of the moon that was blasted off by an impact thousands of years ago.

PT5, which almost became a temporary mini-moon to Earth, was recently found to be a broken-off part of the moon itself. This ...

With each passing night as, the crescent slowly widens and it begins to appear against a progressively darker background, its ...

Baby, it's cold outside, and if you're like us, nothing sounds better than cozying up on the couch with a super soft throw and a steaming cup of hot chocolate. But on and around February 12, you're ...

Mare Crisium provides a smooth landing site on the near side of the Moon outside of this anomalous region. SAN ANTONIO — January 13, 2025 — Through NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services ...

January's full moon is called the Wolf Moon due to the "packs of wolves heard howling outside the villages amid the cold and deep snows of winter," according to NASA.

Twenty years ago today, I watched TV coverage of a probe descending toward the surface of Titan, a moon of Saturn, while outside my home in Utah snow dusted a rocky mountain outcrop I’d ...

A full Moon in January is called a Wolf Moon because of the packs of wolves heard howling at the Moon outside villages in the wintertime in decades past, according to Nasa. The Moon will rise at about ...

January's full moon is called the "wolf moon" and you can see it in the skies tonight.Known as the Wolf Moon, the name apparently comes from the packs of wolves heard howling outside the villages ...