CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private U.S. spacecraft bound for the moon has captured stunning images of Earth one week into its flight. Still circling Earth, Firefly Aerospace’s lunar lander fired ...

A total lunar eclipse will flush the moon red across the Western Hemisphere. Lunar eclipses happen when the Earth falls in line between the moon and sun. The Earth casts a shadow that can partially or ...

A "ghostly" spacecraft has shared a treasure trove of vacation photos from its recent trip into orbit, including a stunning selfie with Earth eclipsing the moon in the background. This "ghost" isn't a ...

Friday morning’s blood moon lunar eclipse appeared, from Earth, to turn the moon dark red. From the moon, the Earth appeared to block out the sun. The unique view was captured by Firefly’s Blue Ghost ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

DARPA’s TBD2 program aims to track tiny spacecraft across deep space, creating the first wide-area surveillance of the ...

This striking satellite footage shows the moon's shadow racing across North America at more than 1,500 mph (2,400 km/h) during 2024's historic total solar eclipse, when several unique phenomena were ...

As an astronomer studying the universe beyond Earth, I’m fond of “outside the box” views almost by default. But one of my favorites is whenever a spacecraft takes a snapshot of our home world and the ...

On August 23, 1966, NASA’s Lunar Orbiter 1 captured the very first photograph of Earth from the vicinity of the Moon, showing our planet as a delicate crescent rising above the lunar horizon. While ...