The Islamic, or Hijri, calendar also begins with the Hijra. Based on lunar cycles, its 12 months contain either 29 or 30 days, producing years of 354 or 355 days. The start of each month is ...

Easter is the Christian holiday that celebrates the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. So the tradition goes, the ...

HOUSTON – As the sun set on the Blue Ghost Moon lander, bringing a successful 14-day mission to a close, the robot captured a view only seen by a handful of people as particles on the surface of ...

In their study published in the journal Science, the group analyzed a moon soil sample returned to Earth by China's Chang'e-6 mission. In 2024, the China National Space Administration launched a ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The first private lunar lander to complete a successful moon mission went dark this weekend. Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Lunar Lander shut down as the sun set on the ...

As a large swathe of Earth was treated to the rare sight of the blood Moon during last week's lunar eclipse, one lonely robot far from home caught a very different perspective. From its vantage point ...

Here are the dates for the full moons in 2025. The next full moon will be on Saturday, April 12. It will officially reach its full moon phase at 8:22 p.m. EDT (0022 GMT April 13), but local ...

The moon blushed Thursday night. Starting around 11:30 p.m. Pacific time Thursday and lasting for about an hour, the first total lunar eclipse anywhere in the world since 2022 wowed much of ...

The moon is turning red in the night sky this morning in an event known as a blood moon. The phenomenon only happens a handful of times a year, and this is your next chance to spot one in the UK.

A complete lunar eclipse in Virgo will affect every zodiac sign in a unique way on March 14, 2025. Although some people may face challenges, those with mutable signs (Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, ...

The first total lunar eclipse in more than two years lit ... event that’s out of this world with our space and astronomy calendar. A SpaceX rocket blasted off from Florida, the first trip ...

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost is nearing the end of a two-week mission as the first commercial spacecraft to successfully land on the moon. Its primary objective following the March 2 touchdown ...