Earth's Moon

Why does the Moon look so big when it's rising or setting? The Moon illusion is the name for this trick our brains play on us.

Fun — and even educational — NASA activities to do at home.

Whether you're doing it for the nerd cred or the pie, this week on #10Things, we've got all the ways you can celebrate #PiDay with NASA.

The next full Moon, a "supermoon," will be on Monday, March 9, appearing full from early Sunday morning into early Wednesday morning.

The Voyager imaging team asked for the photo to show Earth’s vulnerability — to illustrate how small, fragile and irreplaceable it is on a cosmic scale.

Surrounded by California desert, NASA officials broke ground Tuesday, Feb. 11, on a new antenna for communicating with the agency's farthest-flung robotic spacecraft.

The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine.

After setting a record for the longest single spaceflight in history by a woman, NASA astronaut Christina Koch returned to Earth Thursday.

The next full Moon will be early on Sunday morning, Feb. 9, 2020, at 2:33 AM EST. The Moon will appear full from Friday evening to Monday morning, making this a full Moon weekend.

NASA has finalized the first 16 science experiments and technology demonstrations, ranging from chemistry to communications, to be delivered to the surface of the Moon under the Artemis program.

NASA is exploring technologies that could grow structures out of fungi to become our future homes in the stars, and perhaps lead to more sustainable ways of living on Earth as well.

Recently, A NASA scientist analyzed the age of the Yarrabubba meteor crater in Australia and found it to be 2.229 billion years old, making it now the oldest crater currently known.

An engineering model of the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER, is tested in the Simulated Lunar Operations Laboratory at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio.

The next full Moon will be on Friday afternoon, Jan. 10, 2020 at 2:21 p.m. EST. It will appear full for about three days from Thursday morning to Sunday morning.

What's Up for January? Morning meteors, Mars meets its "rival," and the Moon comes around for another visit with Venus.

Now you can have all the dates and times for all the moon phases for the year at your fingertips by building your own moon phases calendar and calculator!

The next full Moon will be just after midnight on Thursday morning, Dec. 12.

Scientists have presented new images of the ionosphere, the dynamic region where Earth’s atmosphere meets space.

Everything you need to know about the Ionosphere, the boundary between Earth's lower atmosphere — where we live and breathe — and the vacuum of space.

This image shows the Vikram Lander impact point and associated debris field.

Valles Marineris is often called the "Grand Canyon of Mars," but does it compare to Earth's own Grand Canyon?

Apollo 12 was ambitious, aiming for a pinpoint landing in the Ocean of Storms

The next full Moon will be on Tuesday morning, Nov. 12, 2019, appearing "opposite" the Sun (in Earth based longitude) at 8:34 AM EST.

The Lunar IceCube mission, led by Morehead State University in Morehead, Kentucky, will study water distribution and interaction on the Moon.

NASA scientists opened an untouched rock and soil sample from the Moon returned to Earth on Apollo 17.