NASA's upcoming Artemis II mission is slated to return astronauts to the Moon no sooner than April 2026. Astronauts were last on the Moon in 1972 ...
Before Artemis II, NASA will send two missions to scout the surface of the lunar south pole for resources that could sustain ...
The map uses BFsc—shorthand for smooth ... In contrast, most of the moon's surface rocks are older than about 2.5 billion years. Luckily, the moon is close enough in the solar system that ...
What is the moon phase today? Today, Jan. 2, 2025, the moon is 3 days old, in the Waxing Crescent phase of its lunar cycle. It is 9% illuminated. Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the ...
But how did these places get their names? Who named Copernicus Crater? Where did all those names on lunar maps come from, and what stimulated their selection? Ewen Whitaker traces the origins and ...
Craters are the mark the passing universe leaves on the Moon, a cosmic guestbook. They tell us the history not only of the Moon, but of our solar system. Earth's Moon is covered in craters. Humanity's ...
A Tetracorder map of the Moon showing water absorption areas (with an Earth-based image of the Moon in the center right to establish the boundaries of this map). The different colors represent ...
NASA’s 2025 missions will explore new frontiers, including Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost on the Moon, SPHEREx mapping the ...
Witness a lunar occultation of both Mars and the Pleiades; plus, Mars reaches opposition and Venus and Saturn sit close ...
From lunar and asteroid missions to groundbreaking human spaceflight tests and new rockets, 2025 promises an array of ...