(NEXSTAR) – A treat awaits sky gazers in the month of March – the moon will take on a deep, reddish hue as it slips into the Earth’s shadow during a total lunar eclipse. The celestial ...

Reporting on missions to the moon and beyond. NASA is aiming to send astronauts back to the moon, because that is what President Trump set as the destination of the agency’s human spaceflight ...

We tend to think of the moon as a cold, dusty rock, but in fact, its surface can get pretty hot during a lunar day. How hot? It turns out that the answer can vary dramatically over a very short ...

The private Resilience lunar lander just got its first up-close look at the moon. Resilience, which was built by Japanese company ispace, aced a flyby of the moon on Friday evening (Feb. 14 ...

See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2025. Today, March 13, 2025, the moon is 12 days old and is in the Full Moon phase of its lunar cycle.

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Their origins date back to the Tang Dynasty (618–907 AD), when they were first made as offerings to the moon during harvest celebrations. By the Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368 AD), mooncakes took on ...

The crescent moon has a famously lofty place in Arab and Islamic culture. A symbol of transformation, it signals the beginning and end of every month of the Hijri calendar. Even now, astronomers and ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- There are 12 animal symbols that represent the Chinese zodiac. The signs rotate every year--from year of the rooster to year of the dog, for example--and it's believed that ...

The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This alignment ensures the entire side of the Moon that faces us gleams under ...

On a more triumphant note, black cats are now seen as a symbol of defiance and perseverance, given their ominous history. Outside of the West, ancient folklore detailing the positive connotations ...