As of Wednesday, Aug. 20, the moon phase is Waning Crescent, and it is 9% lit up to us on Earth, according to NASA's Daily Moon Observation.

National Geographic's up-close look at NASA's Artemis missions to return humans to the moon—and pave the way for a spacefaring future. When Artemis II sends a crew on a lunar flyby next year, the mission won’t just return astronauts to the moon’s surface. It could also begin a new era of space exploration.

The bright stars Castor and Pollux will be positioned to the left of the moon in the early morning hours of Aug. 19. Mercury, meanwhile, will be visible close to the horizon, but will swiftly become lost in the glare of the sun, which rises at 6:11 a.m. ET (1011 GMT) for viewers in New York.

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 mad

The Three-Body Problem isn't just the name of a viral Netflix series or a Hugo Award-winning sci-fi book. It also represents a real problem in astrodynamics—and one that can cause headaches for mission planners in terms of its complexity,

If you missed the first Moon Mammoths Erie SeaWolves game, Tuesday night is your second chance. Tuesday night at 6:05, the Erie SeaWolves will be playing their game as their alternate identity, the Erie Moon Mammoths.