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A reddish moon against a dark night sky

Stunning timelapse videos show the Super Flower Blood Moon in bloom

By Elizabeth Howell published

Haunting footage from two timelapse videos show the moon growing dark.

The eclipsed moon peeking through the solar panels of the International Space Station

Astronaut snaps Super Flower Blood Moon eclipse photos from space station

By Tereza Pultarova published

Astronauts at the International Space Station enjoyed stunning views of the lunar eclipse on the night of May 15.

he blood moon is seen during a penumbral lunar eclipse in Santiago, Chile, on May 15, 2022.

Super Flower Blood Moon of 2022, longest total lunar eclipse in 33 years, wows stargazers

By Elizabeth Howell published

The Super Flower Blood Moon total lunar eclipse wowed stargazers and was the longest lunar eclipse since 1989.

The blood moon is seen during a total lunar eclipse in Santiago, Chile on May 15, 2022

Amazing photos of the Super Flower Blood Moon lunar eclipse of 2022

By Tariq Malik, Elizabeth Howell published

The Super Flower Blood Moon of May saw the first total lunar eclipse of 2022 overnight on May 15 and 16 and the view was simply spectacular in these photos.

The moon turns red during the Super Flower Blood Moon total lunar eclipse.

See the first Super Flower Blood Moon photos from May's total lunar eclipse

By Elizabeth Howell published

A full Super Flower Blood Moon is blooming in the night sky and the first photos are just amazing.

Penumbral phase of total lunar eclipse of May 2022.

The Super Flower Blood Moon eclipse of 2022 has begun!

By Tereza Pultarova published

The first total lunar eclipse of 2022 has arrived! Here is what you can expect as you enjoy the celestial show.

A blood-red full moon against black sky.

Super Flower Blood Moon 2022: Everything to know for the total lunar eclipse

By Elizabeth Howell published

It will be visible in parts of the Americas, Antarctica, Europe, Africa, the east Pacific, New Zealand, eastern Europe and the Middle East.

Artist's impression of NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.

The Super Flower Blood Moon eclipse will leave these lunar spacecraft in the dark

By Stefanie Waldek published

The Super Flower Blood Moon lunar eclipse means solar power trouble for spacecraft on the moon

This NASA graphic shows the major stages of the Super Flower Blood Moon of May 2022 and their times.

Super Flower Blood Moon weather forecast: What to expect in the US for the total lunar eclipse

By Joe Rao published

A total eclipse of the moon will occur tonight (May 15). Here's the weather forecast for the Super Flower Blood Moon.

NASA chart of Super Flower Blood Moon lunar eclipse stages and times.

Want to see the Super Flower Blood Moon? Here's one scientist's tips for the total lunar eclipse.

By Elizabeth Howell published

A space scientist weighs in on the Super Flower Blood Moon for the May's total lunar eclipse.

A simulation of how the Earth and moon will appear to the Lucy spacecraft.

NASA's Lucy asteroid probe will watch the Super Flower Blood Moon eclipse from deep space

By Elizabeth Howell published

NASA's Lucy mission, bound for asteroids that orbit the sun at the same distance as Jupiter, will watch the moon's reflected sunlight disappear during a lunar eclipse.

A blood moon photo taken on July 27, 2018.

The Super Flower Blood Moon lunar eclipse of 2022 occurs tonight! Here's what to expect.

By Elizabeth Howell published

The Super Flower Blood Moon, a total lunar eclipse, occurs tonight (May 15). Here's what to know and where to watch.

A partial solar eclipse collage in Chile of the April 30, 2022 solar eclipse.

The moon photobombs a sunset in this otherworldly solar eclipse image

By Ailsa Harvey published

A partial solar eclipse coincided with sunset in April 2022. This image tracks the movements of the sun and eclipse stages.

An image of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, a behemoth dubbed Sagittarius A*, revealed by the Event Horizon Telescope on May 12, 2022.

Space photos: The most amazing images this week!

By Elizabeth Howell published

See the best photos on Space.com this week.

NASA chart of Super Flower Blood Moon lunar eclipse stages and times.

What time is the Super Flower Blood Moon lunar eclipse?

By Samantha Mathewson published

A Blood Moon total lunar eclipse will occur this weekend and here's when to watch it.

An animation of a total lunar eclipse, also known as a "blood moon."

The stages of the Super Flower Blood Moon lunar eclipse of 2022 explained

By Joe Rao published

Here is every stage of the Super Flower Blood Moon of May 2022 with a timetable for the total lunar eclipse.

A supermoon eclipse captured in Wildwood, Florida

Super Flower Blood Moon lunar eclipse: Is it the 1st of 4 supermoons?

By Elizabeth Howell published

Retired NASA eclipse scientist Fred Espenak has been watching the night sky ever since he was eight years old, and plans once again to look up for the forthcoming lunar eclipse Sunday (May 15).

This composite image shows a blood moon lunar eclipse as seen in London and the Acacus mountains in the Libyan desert.

Why does the moon turn red during a total lunar eclipse?

By Jeanna Bryner published

During the so-called Super Flower Blood Moon lunar eclipse, the face of the moon will turn a brick-red hue. Here's why.

Plants grown in simulated lunar soil on the left and in Apollo sample on the right, seen 16 days after planting.

Scientists grow 1st plants in moon soil

By Rebecca Sohn published

More than 50 years after the first Apollo samples were brought to Earth, scientists have successfully grown plants in lunar soil for the first time.

Artist's illustration showing the CAPSTONE spacecraft in a near rectilinear halo orbit (NRHO) around the moon.

NASA's CAPSTONE cubesat launch to the moon delayed to May 31

By Elizabeth Howell published

The liftoff of the CAPSTONE moon mission has been pushed four days to no earlier than May 31, NASA announced this week.