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What is the moon phase today? Lunar phases 2024
Reference See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2024.
During the solar system's chaotic era, Jupiter may have helped form Earth's moon
The great planetary instability coincides with the collision that formed Earth's moon — could the two events be linked?
Japan's SLIM moon lander defies death to survive 3rd frigid lunar night (image)
Japan's SLIM lunar lander has now survived three week-long nights on the moon, braving temperatures as low as minus 274 degrees Fahrenheit, despite not being designed to last one!
Why is it so hard to send humans back to the moon?
Space mysteries The Apollo program put humans on the moon in 1969. So why haven't we sent any more since?
China's experimental moon satellites beam back lunar imagery (video, photo)
A pair of small experimental satellites have begun tests related to future lunar communication and navigation services for China's moon ambitions.
Are we prepared for Chinese preeminence on the moon and Mars? (op-ed)
The U.S. could lose its decades-old leadership in space exploration and technology to China.
A NASA spacecraft spotted something weird orbiting the moon. It was just a lunar neighbor (photos)
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) snapped a perfectly timed photo as it crossed paths with another spacecraft orbiting the moon.
What happened when the moon 'turned itself inside out' billions of years ago?
The moon underwent a reversal around 4.2 billion years ago, flipping itself "inside out" after a giant impact to create the picture of the faithful lunar companion that we see today.
