When the Chang’e-4 mission landed in the Von Karman crater on January 3, 2019, China became the first and only country to land on the far side of the moon — the side that always faces away ...

What is the moon phase today? Today, May 24, 2024, the moon is 16 days old and is in the Full Moon phase of its lunar cycle. It is 99% illuminated. Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the ...

The moon has been bound to Earth for the vast majority of its 4.5 billion-year dance around the sun. Astrophysicists speculate that the moon's origin lies in an ancient collision, when a Mars-size ...

Mild May nights are ideal for stargazing – and moon-gazing too! This week, the full "flower" moon will appear in the night sky over the United States. And although the full moon officially ...

(Photo by: Universal History Archive/ Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Earth’s “second moon”—an asteroid called Kamo’oalewa—appears to have come from the moon itself.

May's new moon peaks on May 7, a few weeks ahead of the full Flower Moon on May 23 this year Skyler Caruso is a Writer and Reporter of PEOPLE Digital Entertainment. She joined PEOPLE in 2021 ...

Wenchang/Hong Kong CNN — China launched an uncrewed lunar mission Friday that aims to bring back samples from the far side of the moon for the first time, in a potentially major step forward for ...

Stargazers are in for a treat this week: The full moon returns for its May engagement, peaking on Thursday morning. May’s full moon is known as the flower moon, a reference to its appearance in ...

BEIJING, May 3 (Reuters) - China on Friday launched a mission to collect samples from the moon's "hidden" side, a first in space exploration history, and marked a new phase in China's 20-year-old ...

China expected to launch Chang'e-6 lunar mission this week Chang'e-6 to return with soil samples from moon's far side Chang'e-6 mission expected to last 53 days BEIJING, April 29 (Reuters ...

The first full moon of May is nearly ready to be viewed by people around the world as the special 'Flower Moon' reaches its maximum splendour. It will be visible in the sky for everyone to see on ...