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The full moon as seen from the International Space Station on Dec. 8, 2022. The moon is setting below Earth’s horizon as the station flew 269 miles above the southern Indian Ocean.

Easter is coming late in 2025, astronomically speaking. Here's why

By Joe Rao published

Easter falls on the Sunday that follows the first full moon occurring on or after the day of the spring equinox. So it seems like Easter should be this weekend. Here's why it isn't.

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a composite of two photographs of full moons, one showing a smaller micromoon and another showing a larger supermoon

Watch April's Full Pink 'micromoon' rise this weekend with a free telescope livestream

By Samantha Mathewson published

The Full Pink Moon rises Saturday (April 12), marking the farthest, smallest and faintest full moon of the year, and you can watch it live online.

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An image of the Chang'e 6 lander on the lunar surface at the far side of the moon

China's Chang'e 6 lunar samples suggest our moon is debris from an ancient Earth impact

By Keith Cooper published

Analysis of samples brought back from the farside of the Moon by the Chang'e 6 mission have found the water content of the lunar farside mantle is much more depleted compared to the nearside.

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a silver open-air four-wheeled vehicle on a showroom floor

Lunar Outpost unveils sleek new 'Eagle' moon rover (photos)

By Brett Tingley published

Lunar Outpost unveiled its new "Eagle" moon rover at the 40th annual Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, and it looks straight out of science fiction.

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Zoomed-in view of the moon’s Drygalski Crater taken with the high-resolution camera on South Korea’s Danuri lunar orbiter.

South Korea is converting an abandoned coal mine into a moon exploration testing ground

By Andrew Jones published

South Korea conducted a test inside the former Hamtae mine in late March, deploying prototype moon rovers equipped with tech that could be used in space mining.

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How bacteria could help build and maintain cities on the moon

By Keith Cooper published

The bacteria, Sporosarcina pasteurii, is able to make calcium carbonate that can act as a sealant to fix bricks made from lunar regolith.

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The possible lunar base designed by Foster + Partners would have room enough for four moon residents at a time.

Moon dust may help astronauts power sustainable lunar cities. Here's how.

By Keith Cooper published

Constructing solar arrays out of moon dust would reduce launch costs and make lunar bases more plausible, according to a new study.

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image of shadow of blue ghost lander on moon, with earth in the background.

NASA proves its electric moon dust shield works on the lunar surface

By Julian Dossett published

New NASA shielding technology that protects against damaging lunar dust just passed a trial run on the moon, marking an important milestone in the agency's lunar aspirations.

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night sky map

The new moon of March 2025 creates a partial solar eclipse this weekend

By Jesse Emspak published

This new moon of March 2025 will create a partial solar eclipse visible in the northeastern part of North America, much of Europe and Russia.

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Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander captured this photo of a lunar sunset on March 16, 2025.

Watch the sun set over the moon in epic video from private Blue Ghost lunar lander

By Mike Wall published

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander captured amazing views of the lunar sunset shortly before shutting down on Sunday (March 16).

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