From wolfing down too many mooncakes to rounding up your entire family to marvel at the full moon, there are certain traditions without which the Mid-Autumn Festival simply wouldn’t be the same.

Chinese New Year in 2025 starts with the new moon on Wednesday, Jan. 29, and lasts until the full moon, or the Lantern Festival, on Feb. 12. But these dates are different each year, because the ...

New findings from China's Chang'e 6 lunar farside samples offer insights into the moon's volcanic past and mantle evolution.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional holiday held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the lunar calendar, which is when the Chinese believe the moon is brightest. On the Western calendar ...

For example, the Chinese Lunar New Year began on January 29, 2025, ushering in the Year of the Snake. The 15-day celebration concluded with the Lantern Festival on the full moon, February 12.

Chinese New Year, known as the Spring Festival, is packed full with food ... Together they live on the Moon.” The mythological connection between the rabbit and the Moon was cemented in popular ...

New research from scientists with the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences and published in the journal Science found that sample analysis backs up an established model of the moon as a global ...