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Mars, Full moon

There was a straight shot from Earth to the Moon and Mars last night

So I grabbed my camera, ran outside, and looked up just as Mars was supposed to emerge from the Moon's curved horizon. Seen with the naked eye, the Moon's brightness far outshined Mars, casting soft shadows on a cold winter evening in East Texas.

Space on MSN · 1d

Mars hides behind the Full Wolf Moon in gorgeous photos from around the world

The moon performed a cosmic ballet with Mars this week. On Monday evening (Jan. 13), the Full Wolf Moon passed in front of Mars in what's known as a lunar occultation, during which another celestial object appears to disappear behind the moon from our vantage point on Earth.

The Mirror US on MSN · 1d

Full moons to look out for in 2025 after incredible 'Wolf Moon' wowed stargazers

Here are all the full moons you can expect to see in 2025 after the stunning Wolf Moon was spotted over the US last night.

NASA, moon and FireFly

USA Today · 4h

FireFly Aerospace's Blue Ghost is on its way to the moon: What to know about NASA mission

The spacecraft built and operated by Texas-based Firefly Aerospace launched in the early Monday hours from Florida aboard a SpaceX rocket.

Hosted on MSN · 1d

Blue Ghost moon lander will help NASA see Earth's magnetic field 'breathing' for 1st time

Firefly Aerospace's soon-to-launch Blue Ghost moon lander will help NASA better understand our home planet, and how it responds to space weather.

Space on MSN · 19h

Here's what NASA is sending to the moon on Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander

NASA is sending a suite of science and technology demonstrations on Firefly Aerospace's Ghost Riders in the Sky mission to the surface of the moon.

2 commercial landers launched for moon on SpaceX rocket

Gizmodo · 3h

SpaceX Just Launched Two Private Moon Landers. Here’s What Happens Next

A Falcon 9 rocket delivered the two landers to space earlier this morning, kickstarting a pair of exciting private Moon missions.

The Associated Press on MSN · 1h

2 private lunar landers head toward the moon in a roundabout journey

The two landers rocketed away in the middle of the night from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, the latest in a stream of private spacecraft aiming for the moon.

USA Today · 1h

SpaceX launches two commercial missions to the moon

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched lunar landers to the moon for two commercial missions on Wednesday, January 15.

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Saturn disappears behind the moon in stunning telescope photo

A composition photo of images taken during the lunar occultation on Jan. 4 captures the progression of the moon moving in ...

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Moon Under Threat, Heritage Group Warns

The World Monuments Fund has included the moon on its 2025 "Watch" list of cultural heritage locations facing significant ...

Live Science1d

Earth's moon could've had Saturn-like rings, new study hints

A new study implies that in the past, moons in our solar system may have had rings just like planets do — deepening the ...

Watchdog Group Adds the Moon to List of Threatened Historic Sites

That organization is the World Monuments Fund, which today announced the 25 sites on its annual World Monuments Watch. The ...

Kissing moons may explain why Earth's moon is so large

The larger moons of Pluto and Earth likely formed through a collisional process with Charon and our moon, respectively, ...

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Blood Moon: When and How To See the Lunar Eclipse

Late on March 13 and on into the early hours of March 14 the moon will turn a spooky red color in the skies above the U.S.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution49m

What is a quasi-moon? This UGA student won a contest to name one

Clayton Chilcutt had never heard of a quasi-moon before his intro astronomy course at UGA. Then he won a worldwide contest to name one of Earth's curious celestial neighbors.

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