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Watch for the moon in the morning sky - after sunrise - for a few days after full moon. Look west after the sun comes up!
The April 2024 full moon – on April 23 – is the Pink Moon and lies near the star Spica in the constellation Virgo. Find star charts here.
Meteors in moonlight. It's not optimal, but it happens! Here's how to minimize the moon and optimize the Lyrid meteor shower in 2024.
Here's something you - or your kids - might have noticed: When you're in a moving car, earthly objects get left behind, but the moon seems to follow. Why?
Look at these photos for a sneak peak of Baily's Beads, which will be visible during the total solar eclipse on April 8.
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy on Tuesday directed NASA to create a unified standard moon time by the end of 2026.
There are plenty of myths that surround the moon. Here are 5 of the most popular myths. How many of these myths have you been led to believe?
Japanese moon lander SLIM - which set down sideways on the moon on January 20 - has survived its 2nd night on the moon. It has awoken and is transmitting data.
2 new studies suggest the subsurface ocean on Jupiter's moon Europa may not be as habitable as previously thought, due to a geologically inactive seafloor.
The March full moon on March 24-25, 2024, is near the bright star Spica in the constellation Virgp. There's also a penumbral lunar eclipse!
A study from an international team of scientists shows it might be possible to detect microscopic life in ice grains in plumes of ocean moons like Enceladus.
If the moon orbited Earth on the same plane that Earth circles the sun, we'd have an eclipse at every full and new moon. Here's why we don't.
Did you see the moon and Jupiter close together on March 13, 2024? Check out the images our talented photographers captured, including the Galilean moons!
Researchers at Cornell University say that scientists can determine the water temperature of ocean moons by measuring the thickness of their ice shells.
What is a supermoon? In 2024, there are 5 new supermoons in a row from January to May, and 4 full supermoons in a row from August to November.
The Intuitive Machines IM-1 lunar lander - nicknamed Odie - landed on the moon February 22, 2024. Sadly, on Thursday, February 29, Odie powered down. But it may revive after the lunar night.
New moons for Uranus and Neptune! They're the faintest found so far using Earth-based telescopes. Scientists think they are fragments of larger bodies.
NASA released the latest timeline for the Artemis missions in January 2024. The crewed Artemis 2 mission will happen no earlier than September 2025.
The February full moon - or Snow Moon - happens overnight on February 23-24, 2024. It's the smallest full moon of 2024 and glows near the bright star Regulus.
A new study suggests a tiny as-yet unseen moon shapes Centaur Chariklo's rings. The process is similar to the shepherd moons in Saturn's rings.
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