A spacecraft built in Cedar Park will try to land on the moon’s surface about 2:30 a.m. Sunday. Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander has been orbiting the moon since mid-February and ...

The earth orbits the sun on a particular plane, but the plane of the moon orbiting the earth is not perpendicular to that ...

In response to the rising temperatures, the Blue Ghost team has initiated planned power cycling to maintain the lander's operational integrity. Listen to Story Two payloads will continue to operate ...

Success of Blue Ghost marks breakthrough in lunar exploration, a pivotal time for NASA This still image taken from a February 24, 2025 video released by Firefly Aerospace shows Firefly's Blue ...

successfully completed 1,000 orbits on March 4. The PSLV-C60 Mission, launched on December 30, 2024, enabled POEM-4 to begin its operations following the successful injection of the SpaDeX spacecraft.

It has been nearly three years since the last total lunar eclipse. The phenomenon occurs when the moon and the sun are on exact opposite sides of Earth, according to NASA. When this happens ...

This story was updated to add sky cover map at time of eclipse. A "blood moon" total lunar eclipse will occur late Thursday, astronomers say. The moon will turn deep shades of rusty-red throughout ...

Skywatchers across America will have the opportunity to see a total lunar eclipse next week if the weather cooperates. The timing of the event next week is such that the total eclipse will be ...

The countdown for the year's first total lunar eclipse begins. The celestial event, which will see the moon change to rusty red hues, will occur in the U.S. on the night of March 13-14. According ...

The Lunar X, sometimes called the Werner X, appears when the Moon orbits Earth ... X shape as the Sun grazes these craters during the lunar phase. The distinctive "X" shape is clearly visible ...

It has been nearly three years since the last lunar eclipse, but the wait is nearly over for skywatchers in Delaware for the next lunar eclipse. But will the lunar eclipse even be visible in Delaware?

The moon orbits Earth once every 27 days or so. The phase we see it in (crescent, half full, and so on) depends on the angle between the sun, the moon and Earth. When the moon is new, between ...