As of Saturday, July 5, the moon phase is Waxing Gibbous. According to NASA's Daily Moon Observation, 75% of the moon will be ...

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When the Sun hits the rims of the Blanchinus, La Caille, and Purbach craters at just the right angles during the Moon's cycle ...

China’s lunar ambitions have evolved from symbolic flag planting to a systematic push for permanent space infrastructure.

Here's what the moon is doing today, June 22, 2025. What is today’s moon phase? As of Sunday, June 22, the moon phase is ...

#2. The Moon came from Earth. It didn’t form beside our planet, and Earth’s gravity didn’t capture it. The latest theory says ...

The same side of the Moon always faces us. This means that we never get a chance to see the other side of it unless a spacecraft flies there. If we could see it in the night sky, though, it would ...

The two craters - called Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck - are hidden on the far side of the Moon, the side which always faces away from Earth. They are near the lunar south pole, which is ...

The moon is always spinning. It rotates around its axis, and it revolves around Earth. But despite that, the signs of this spinning are surprisingly subtle. When we watch the moon on Earth, we almost ...

The near-side faces Earth and the far-side faces outer space. While the moon does spin on its own axis, the moon rotates at the same rate as its orbital motion, meaning the same side always faces ...

At the start of the month, the probe had successfully landed at the moon's South Pole, in the Aitken Basin, a gigantic impact crater that always faces away from Earth.