As of Thursday, Aug. 14, the moon phase is Waning Gibbous, and it is 69% lit up to us on Earth, according to NASA's Daily ...

This month, the lunar cycle will treat us to a relatively rare astronomical treat: a seasonal black moon. There’s just one ...

On Monday night, Aug. 11, the moon will be in its waning gibbous phase at roughly 94% illuminated after this past weekend's ...

A Blood Moon or total lunar eclipse happens when the Sun, Earth and Moon are lined up. That means the Earth moves directly in ...

Under Trump, NASA is accelerating a push to put a reactor on the moon, ahead of China and Russia. The plan could involve a ...

The Perseid meteor shower 2025 peaked Aug. 12-13, delighting skywatchers worldwide. The Perseid meteor shower peaked on Aug ...

A final "gee-whiz" fact you can reveal to your friends is that what you are seeing in Monday's sky is an illusion of ...

We’ve all been enjoying these bright full moons of summer, but a black moon is now on the rise. Not an official astronomical ...

In April 2025, China reportedly unveiled plans to build a nuclear power plant on the Moon by 2035. This plant would support ...

The sturgeon moon was also a supermoon, meaning a full moon at the point in its elliptical orbit that's close to Earth.