The spacecraft's NavCam 1 - one of three cameras that comprised its 'Touch-and-Go' camera system - snapped the photo 804,000 ...

but it's already beaming home spectacular views of Earth from the lunar surface after a historic landing today (March 2).

The series of test images showed the fully illuminated “dark side” of the moon that is ... Sitting between the Earth and the ...

Multiple spacecraft captured the moon's shadow sweeping across North America at more than 1,500 mph during the 2024 total solar eclipse, as millions of people looked up to witness totality.

SEE ALSO: These photos of a hexagon on Saturn are totally real ... back to Earth by the intrepid probe and used the Cassini spacecraft to snap more photos of the cold, haze-covered moon.

Asteroid 2024 PT5, which almost became a temporary mini-moon to Earth, was recently found to be a broken-off part of the moon itself. This discovery has led scientists to believe there are many ...

Over time, it cooled and clumped into a single massive body—the moon. That impact didn’t just create a satellite; it helped define Earth’s structure, tilt, and rotation. Clues about this ...

Soil From the Moon's Far Side Suggests Drier Conditions Than the Side Facing Earth CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Soil and rocks returned from the moon’s mysterious far side suggest it may be ...

“The moon’s orbit around the Earth is not perfect; it’s elliptical, or egg shaped. So, there are points throughout the year when it’s closer to the Earth and points when it’s farther ...

This striking satellite footage shows the moon's shadow ... kilometers) from Earth. And astronauts onboard the International Space Station (ISS) also snapped up-close photos of the shadow from ...