As the moon moves through its various stages, it experiences several phases of partial light. These range from a banana-shaped crescent moon, a D-shaped quarter moon and a nearly full gibbous moon.

As it grows, it is known as a waxing moon, and gradually increases from a waxing "crescent" (for its shape into the first quarter moon. As it continues to brighten, it takes on an oblong ...

The Moon passes 0.4° south of this star at 4 A.M. EST. You can catch the pair about 20° high in the south around 5:30 A.M. local time, with the crescent Moon to Antares’ lower left.

Meet Grace, the brave hopper robot that’s designed to jump into the darkest depths of the Moon, providing never-before-seen ...

Along with Blue Ghost, NASA launched the Tenacious lunar rover from Japanese company ispace. It's one of the smallest ...

Scientists say Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck—dramatic trenches near the lunar south pole—were carved in a blast that ...

The Blue Ghost mission launched on Wednesday, January 15, on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and is currently around halfway ...

Before arriving at the moon, the small satellite mission will use the gravity of the sun, Earth, and moon over several months ...

ispace's Resilience lander launched on Jan. 15 atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, along with Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander. It is taking an energy-efficient, circuitous route to the moon, and only ...

Its official name is the Apollo Lunar Sample Return Container No. 1008, but everyone, including Teasel Muir-Harmony, curator ...

Supervisor Walter Alcorn’s reading of his board matter marks what could be defined as Act Three of the Crescent Property saga. Like any storytelling tool, Act One is the setup; Act Two is ...

In “Summer of Fire and Blood,” Lyndal Roper tells the story of the serfs who fought for a better life and the elites who co-opted their movement. By Thomas Meaney Tell us a few things about ...