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New NASA robot with X-ray vision will watch Earth 'breathing' from the moon
NASA's LEXI instrument is set to land on the moon's surface sometime this month. Using X-ray sensors, the device will watch Earth's atmosphere "breathing out and breathing in" to uncover key space weather mysteries.
What temperature is the moon?
An astronomer describes how the moon's surface temperature changes.
Saturn will disappear behind the moon for skywatchers in Europe on Saturday. Here's how to see it.
One of the last easily visible lunar occultations of Saturn until 2037 will occur on Jan. 4.
Scientists still don't fully understand why some planets have hundreds of moons while others have none
It's not a competition, but if it were, Saturn would be winning.
Is the moon a planet?
The moon is a round, rocky body, but is it a planet? The answer, scientists say, is complicated.
Meteor strikes on the moon! Astronomer captures possible Geminid lunar impacts
A Japanese astronomer captured several impacts on the moon during the Geminid meteor shower.
New study confirms the moon is older than we realized — and reveals why we previously got it wrong
Scientists have shown that a "remelting event" more than 4.3 billion years ago "reset" the internal clock of most lunar rocks, which has helped obscure the moon's true age.
Moon quiz: What do you know about our nearest celestial neighbor?
Quiz How's your moon knowledge? Full, half, or total eclipse?
