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Once every month, the moon is invisible in the night sky. But once in a blue moon, the moon is a Black Moon. Later this week, a new moon dubbed a “Black Moon” will hang in the night sky. Though a Black Moon is a colloquial term for different lunar events, this rare one is so dubbed because it will …

At precisely 2:06 a.m. EDT Saturday (Aug. 23), the moon will enter its new moon phase — something it does every 29.5 days. However, this new moon will have a special title and significance on the calendar. Meet the “black moon.” It’s not something that can be seen in the sky, however. A new moon occurs when the moon passes …

Ars: Taking the longer view, is the United States or China better positioned (i.e., US spending on defense, reusable in-space architecture vs Chinese plans) to dominate cislunar space between now and the middle of this century? Cheng: On paper, the US has most of the advantages. We have a larger economy, more experience in space, extant space industrial capacity for …

Isaac Asimov (1920-1992), a legendary writer of science and science fiction, once noted in “The Solar System and Back,” that the planet Mercury is rarely visible when it is truly dark. “I suspect, in fact,” he observed, “that many people today (when the horizon is generally much dirtier and the sky much hazier with the glare of artificial light than …

The moon is slowly disappearing from view, and that’s because of where we are in the lunar cycle. What’s the lunar cycle, you ask? The lunar cycle is a series of eight unique phases of the moon’s visibility. The whole cycle takes about 29.5 days, according to NASA, and these different phases happen as the Sun lights up different parts …

NASA and Google are collaborating to test an AI-powered medical assistant designed to support astronauts on long-duration missions, where communication delays with Earth make real-time medical consultations impossible. NASA, which is committed to a new era of human spaceflight with its Artemis program, is working with Google to test a proof of concept for a Crew Medical Officer Digital Assistant …

REDMOND, Wash. — NASA’s Artemis campaign is a bold series of missions to take humans back to the moon… and those astronauts will get there thanks to help from rocket engines made right here in Washington! “If we didn’t make these engines, then there wouldn’t be any sort of orbital maneuvering system, there wouldn’t be a way for the crew …

REDMOND, Wash. — NASA’s Artemis campaign is a bold series of missions to take humans back to the moon… and those astronauts will get there thanks to help from rocket engines made right here in Washington! “If we didn’t make these engines, then there wouldn’t be any sort of orbital maneuvering system, there wouldn’t be a way for the crew …

Topline Early risers are this week being treated to the sight of a “planet parade” in the eastern sky before sunrise featuring Saturn, Jupiter, Venus, Mercury and the moon. Best seen about an hour before sunrise on Sunday, Aug. 17, Saturn will be visible in the south, with the moon high above the east, accompanied by bright planets Jupiter and …

Topline The moon will this Saturday, Aug. 17, join a “planet parade” building in the morning sky. As it does so, it will brush past the Pleiades, a sparkling open cluster of stars that’s best known for dominating the winter night sky. Best seen about an hour before sunrise, bright planets Venus and Jupiter will continue to dominate in the …