The moon is still looking big and bright in the sky after last night’s full moon, so what can we see? Keep reading to find out what’s going on with the lunar phase now. The lunar phase 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 …
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Monday evening (Aug. 11) offers a perfect chance to identify what many consider the most beautiful object in the night sky: the ringed planet Saturn. Helping guide the way, will be another familiar celestial companion, the moon, shining in its waning gibbous phase. As I’ve pointed out over the years here at Space.com, to the naked eye, Saturn does not …
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August’s full moon, known as the ‘Sturgeon Moon’ made a splash when it leapt above the southern horizon on Aug. 9 earlier this week, illuminating the summer sky mere days before the peak of the Perseid meteor shower. Celestron NexStar 8SE (Image credit: Amazon) Looking for a new telescope to view the moon? We reckon the Celestron NexStar 8SE is …
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Chinese scientists have unveiled a solar-powered 3D printing device that transforms lunar regolith into durable bricks, potentially changing how humans will build on the Moon. The breakthrough, detailed in Acta Astronautica, showcases a method for creating construction materials entirely from Moon dust without importing resources from Earth. How the Device Works The system, developed at the Deep Space Exploration Laboratory …
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Meteors from the Perseids Meteor Shower streak across a partly cloudy sky above Inyo National Forest in Bishop, California, in 2024. Preston Dyches/NASA hide caption toggle caption Preston Dyches/NASA The annual Perseids meteor shower will reach its peak next week. But astronomers say it won’t be as visible as it has been in recent years. A full moon is also …
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NASA Who will be the next human to leave their footprint on the surface of the Moon? They were the pioneers of space exploration – the 24 Nasa astronauts who travelled to the Moon in the Apollo missions of the 1960s and 1970s. The loss of Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell, who guided the stricken mission safely back to Earth …
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August’s almost full sturgeon moon rises near sunset tonight in the southeast just below the moonlight-obscured swath of the Milky Way. For the next couple of mornings, Jupiter is visible in the East well before dawn to the lower left of Venus.(WTOP/Greg Redferm) For the next couple of mornings, Jupiter is visible in the East well before dawn to the …
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Both the U.S. and China have set their sights on the Moon, aiming to break ground on permanent lunar bases within the next decade. Though there’s no legal basis for claiming territory in space, whichever country gets there first will gain a coveted first-mover advantage, allowing it to set certain ground rules about who can do what, where. But getting …
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A full super moon, rises behind a mountain in the village of Dodekametro, in the region of Arcadia in Greece, on July 10, 2025. Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP via Getty Images The Trump administration is accelerating plans to place a nuclear reactor on the moon to power a base for humans. The reactor …
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