Students studied the stars and moon at the GO-STEM Starlab planetarium at the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive ...

How do you control a nuclear space propulsion system? Very carefully. To help with this, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory ...

There’s a saying in mine country, the kind that sometimes shows up on bumper stickers: “If it can’t be grown, it has to be ...

As of Thursday, Sept. 18, the moon phase is Waning Crescent, and it is 11% lit up to us on Earth, according to NASA's Daily ...

Photographer Osama Fathi has produced a pair of breathtaking images showing the dramatic transformation of the moon during ...

What is the moon phase today? Today, Sept. 8, 2025, the moon is 16 days old and is in the Full Moon phase of its lunar cycle. It is 99% illuminated. Moon phase Date First Quarter Aug. 31 Full Moon ...

As the earth blocks the sunlight, the moon enters the earth's shadow, making it seem invisible. However, the atmosphere acts ...

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From midnight on September 7 to the early hours of September 8, a stunning total lunar eclipse visible across the country ...

Watch the moon phases and libration for 2024, as seen from Earth's Southern Hemisphere, in this time-lapsed animation that is set at hourly intervals. Video credit: NASA's Scientific Visualization Stu ...

During a total lunar eclipse, the moon slips into Earth’s shadow. Sunlight bends through Earth’s atmosphere and hits the surface, giving off a red or brown tint. Smoke, haze, and even seasonal dust ...

In the 1970s, psychiatrist Arnold Lieber developed the theory that the moon might influence 'biological tides' within the human body. For centuries, the full moon has been linked in popular ...