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Cold Moon 2024: How to watch the year's final full moon rise with Jupiter this week
By Jamie Carter published
The Cold Moon — the 12th and final full moon of 2024 — will rise on Dec. 15 and ascend higher into the night sky than any other, to sit alongside the planet Jupiter.
Artemis Program: NASA's plan to send humans back to the moon
By Adam Mann last updated
Basic information about the Artemis program's Space Launch System and Orion capsule.
Time moves faster on the moon, new study of Einstein's relativity shows
By Matthew R. Francis, Eos.org published
Using Einstein's theory of general relativity, physicists found that clocks on the moon would run 56 microseconds faster than clocks on Earth. That finding will help future lunar missions navigate.
Canada wants your help to name its 1st moon rover
By Elizabeth Howell published
Canada will soon roll a rover onto the moon, and you can help name the pioneering machine.
Earth's '2nd moon' escapes our planet's orbit — will it ever return?
By Ben Turner published
The mini-moon 2024 PT5, which has been orbiting Earth for two months and is likely a chunk of the moon, will now drift away from our planet in an orbit around the sun.
China reveals secrets of 1st sample taken from the far side of the moon — and it contains a volcanic surprise
By Stephanie Pappas published
Active volcanoes were erupting on the far side of the moon 2.8 billion years ago, the first lunar samples returned from the far side reveal.
Beaver Moon 2024: See the final 'supermoon' of the year rise next to the 'Seven Sisters'
By Jamie Carter published
The year's fourth and final supermoon shines next to the spectacular 'Seven Sisters' stars this week. Here's how to see November's full Beaver Moon rise.
India targets 2028 for Chandrayaan-4 sample-return mission to moon's south pole
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
India is eyeing a 2028 launch for its Chandrayaan-4 moon sample-return mission, followed by an uncrewed lunar lander and rover in collaboration with Japan.
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