Solar eclipses occur when the moon gets between Earth and the sun. This causes the moon to cast a shadow onto Earth. A solar eclipse can only take place at the phase of new moon, but different factors ...

The answer here is patience. Within a few days, the moon slips further along its orbit, and a tiny sliver of light appears.

Study finds the moon may still affect sleep, mood, and menstrual cycles - but artificial light could be throwing us off track ...

An Oct. 6 full harvest moon will be the first of 3 supermoons that will appear in the night sky over the rest of 2025.

GOES-19 captured a rare natural eclipse on Sept. 21, 2025, where the Moon’s path appeared zig-zag due to the satellite’s yaw-flip.

Scientists measure the distance to the Moon by bouncing lasers off mirrors placed there by space probes and astronauts.

A NASA research team including the University of Idaho Physics Professor, Dr. Matthew Hedman, discovered a new moon orbiting Uranus. The team used imagery captured from NASA's James Webb Space ...

The first mission of the program, Artemis I, lifted off on November 16, 2022. The uncrewed flight to test the equipment was, ...

Late in 2024, a small asteroid stirred astronomers. Discovered on December 27, the asteroid rock—since christened 2024 ...

A team of researchers has put forth the idea of launching nuclear devices at asteroid 2024 YR4 with a chance of hitting the ...

The agency confirmed plans to send astronauts on a lunar flyby next year.

( NewsNation) — NASA is providing an update on its planned 2026 crewed mission to the moon. You can watch it in the player ...