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What is the moon phase today? Lunar phases 2025

By Tariq Malik, Daisy Dobrijevic last updated

Reference See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2025.

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An asteroid in the foreground is illuminated by a bright star behind it in space.

Earth's next 'mini-moon' could create a gold rush for asteroid miners

By Tom Brown published

Asteroid 2024 PT5 is considered Earth's mini-moon and may be a key target for potential asteroid mining operations.

Earth
A yellow circle, the sun, is partially blocked out in the top right portion by a dark gray circle, the moon as it passes nearby in a gray sky. Both spheres are labeled with yellow font

New moon of August 2025 gets eclipsed today

By Jesse Emspak published

September's new moon occurs on Sept. 21 and will partially eclipse the sun for skywatchers in the southern Pacific Ocean and Antarctica.

The moon
A photograph of a volcanic eruption in Iceland, where a short volcano spews lava into the air with smoke

A massive eruption 74,000 years ago affected the whole planet – archaeologists use volcanic glass to figure out how people survived

By Jayde N. Hirniak published

How did humans survive catastrophic volcanic explosions to piece together the story today?

Earth
This artist’s concept shows Blue Origin’s Blue Moon Mark 1 lander and NASA’s VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) on the lunar surface.

VIPER lives! Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin will land ice-hunting NASA rover on the moon in 2027

By Mike Wall published

NASA's ice-hunting VIPER moon rover has officially come back from the dead: Blue Origin will land the wheeled robot on the lunar surface in 2027, the agency announced today (Sept. 19).

The moon
Earth, half shaded

Autumnal equinox 2025 brings fall to the Northern Hemisphere on Sept. 22

By Joe Rao published

The autumn equinox brings fall to the Northern Hemisphere today when the sun passes over our planet's equator at noon.

Earth
An illustration shows OSRIS-APEX as it watches the asteroid Apophis skim Earth in 2029

'God of Chaos' asteroid Apophis will fly by Earth in April 2029 — and these 3 space probes will be watching

By Andrew Jones published

A trio of missions are on track to intercept and study the famous near-Earth asteroid Apophis during its close encounter with our planet in April 2029.

Asteroids

Rock the cosmos: An asteroid trivia quiz

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

This asteroid quiz is your launchpad to discovery

Asteroids
An illustration of a spherical asteroid with a small space probe sitting on top of it with a solar panel.

Can a spacecraft land on a teeny tiny asteroid? Japan's Hayabusa2 will certainly try

By Keith Cooper published

Hayabusa2's new target, asteroid 1998 KY26, is just 36 feet (11 meters) across, which will make landing on it challenging.

Asteroids

'The sun is slowly waking up': Scientists say a rise in solar storms awaits us

By Keith Cooper published

The turning point seems to have been after 2008, which had the lowest amount of solar activity on record.

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