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April's full 'Pink Moon' blooms amid a meteor shower tomorrow. Here's how to get the best view.
By Jamie Carter published
April's full moon, nicknamed the Pink Moon, rises on Tuesday (April 23), but will appear bright and full on Monday and Wednesday as well. Here's how to see it at its best.
NASA spacecraft snaps mysterious 'surfboard' orbiting the moon. What is it?
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter photographed a mysterious, surfboard-shaped object orbiting the moon. Here's what it really was.
10 weird things that happen during a solar eclipse
By Joanna Thompson last updated
Eclipses can be strange. Here are some of the weird things you can expect to experience during the April 8 total eclipse.
NASA jets will chase the eclipse at 460 mph on Monday. Here's why.
By Ben Turner published
Two of NASA's three existing WB-57 jet planes will take off to chase the total solar eclipse's path on Monday (April. 8), extending totality to more than 6 minutes
The moon is getting its own time zone, White House memo to NASA reveals
By Ben Turner published
The moon's lower gravity means that time runs slower on its surface. With more moon missions planned, NASA has now been tasked by the White House to create a lunar time zone by 2026.
See photos of NASA's suitcase-sized rovers that will soon map the moon's surface
By Samantha Mathewson published
NASA test drove the mini autonomous rovers that will soon fly to the moon and collectively map the lunar surface.
Defying the odds, Japan's SLIM lander survives 2nd night on the moon
By Mike Wall published
Japan's SLIM lunar lander has survived another night on the moon, despite being designed to die after the first lunar night.
Odysseus lunar lander, 1st US craft on the moon in 50 years, has died and will 'not complete another call home'
By Sascha Pare published
Intuitive Machines' Odysseus lander has failed to awaken following its plunge into lunar night, despite the spacecraft's solar panels now receiving enough sunlight to ostensibly power its radio.
SpaceX's incredibly powerful Starship lost in the Indian Ocean after reaching orbit for 1st time
By Ben Turner published
SpaceX's powerful Starship system spent roughly an hour in orbit performing test maneuvers for the first time ever. But two simultaneous communications errors means the rocket won't be recoverable.
Russia and China announce plan to build shared nuclear reactor on the moon by 2035, 'without humans'
By Harry Baker published
The proposed nuclear reactor, which could be transported and assembled without human assistance, would provide energy to a lunar base that Russia and China have agreed to build together.
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