lunar

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Orion capsule reached the moon Monday, whipping around the far side and buzzing the lunar surface on its way to a record-breaking orbit with test dummies sitting in for astronauts. It’s the first time a…

Cloaked under a dawn sky at 5 a.m., around 50 members of the Boston College community gathered on the Bapst lawn to catch a glimpse of the lunar eclipse on Tuesday. “Terry Wang has a telescope, and he sent me an email on Sunday night…

After two weeks, the second and last lunar eclipse will occur in the year 2022.On Tuesday, the globe witnessed a partial solar eclipse that affected Egypt, most of the countries of the Arab world and different parts of the world.The…

November 8, 2022: A total lunar eclipse is visible across the Americas and the Pacific Ocean basin.  Mercury is at its superior conjunction.  Uranus is visible with the lunar eclipse. Photo Caption -Animation showing a total…

By Katherine Schauer and Danny Baird, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center August 8, 2022Illustration of Lunar IceCube in orbit investigating lunar ice. Credit: Morehead State UniversityLunar IceCube, <span…

Launch of a SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket, with the KPLO Moon mission. SpaceX A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lit up the skies over Cape Canaveral in Florida yesterday evening, taking with it South Korea’s first Moon…

A live broadcast of the launch on Friday morning in South Korea showed the orbiter "Danuri" -- which means "enjoy the moon" -- successfully separating from the Falcon 9 rocket.Developed by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI),…

It's time to watch the moon make a passage through Earth's shadow.The event, known as a lunar eclipse, will see the full Flower Moon temporarily turn red overnight on Sunday (May 15) and Monday (May 16), depending on where you are…

The Ohio University Observatory starts the summer with a special viewing session during the total lunar eclipse on Monday, May 15, from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. “It’s a total lunar eclipse –…

Sunset in the Bay Area this Sunday will come with a rare treat: a blood moon, during a total lunar eclipse.What’s more, since the moon will be near its perigee, or closest point to Earth, it will also be considered a “supermoon.” …