A bright full moon will light up the sky this weekend as it rises in Scorpio. Here's what to know about the special May 2026 flower moon. Tonight's full moon will be the May flower moon, but not the ...

Everyone knows that April showers bring May flowers, but what about the May Flower Moon? May's full moon, known as the Flower Moon, will soon light up the night sky. The Flower Moon will peak on ...

Astronomers say the upper stage of a Falcon 9 rocket that launched in early 2025 will strike the Moon later this summer, likely on the near side of the Moon. Bill Gray, who writes the widely used ...

The Moon is constantly being bombarded by traveling space rocks, its surface recording each collision in the form of craters that never fade in the absence of wind or surface water. Most lunar craters ...

You can probably conjure this vision of the moon—hold the image in your mind and transmit it off this planet and onto our shining opalescent companion. Peaks in the sun? I’ve seen that. This week, we ...

For all its ancient, familiar features, the Moon is still changing—and sometimes in dramatic ways. Scientists recently identified a fresh 22-meter-wide crater by comparing orbital images taken years ...

HOUSTON — After five days in space and five decades of waiting, human astronauts just got an unprecedented view of the moon. With Earth in the rearview mirror, the Artemis II mission’s Orion ...

The Artemis II rocket launched on Wednesday, carrying astronauts to the moon for the first time in over half a century. The four-person crew is headed on a 10-day, 230,000-mile journey around the moon ...

The next U.S. trip to the Moon isn’t about planting a flag. It’s about learning how to live and work there. NASA has just reset its Artemis program, marking a clear strategic shift: Space exploration ...

April's full moon, known as the Pink Moon, will be visible this week. This year's Pink Moon is also the Paschal Moon, which determines the date of Easter. A full "pink" moon will soon be visible ...

NASA’s Space Launch System rocket that will take an astronaut crew around the Moon rolls out to the launchpad. Joel Kowsky/NASA via Getty Images The next U.S. trip to the Moon isn’t about planting a ...

As part of the NASA "Ignition" event, the organization unveiled lofty plans to build a permanent base on the lunar surface to "establish an enduring presence" as well as "do the other things needed to ...