Earth's Moon

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, has experienced its first lunar transit of the year.

NASA has approved two heliophysics missions to explore the Sun and the system that drives space weather near Earth.

The next full Moon will be Tuesday evening, December 29, 2020. The Moon will appear full from Monday evening through Thursday morning.

NASA’s AIM mission has spotted Antarctica's first noctilucent, or night-shining, clouds of the summer.

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, a joint U.S.-European satellite built to measure global sea surface height, has sent back its first measurements of sea level.

NASA has selected two SmallSat missions to share a ride to space in 2025 with the agency’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe.

Scientists have confirmed that Near-Earth Object 2020 SO is a 1960’s-Era Centaur rocket booster.

NASA’s VIPER will be the first off-world rover to have its brains split in two as it explores the Moon’s surface in search of water ice.

A small satellite mission to study the lunar water cycle has received NASA approval to proceed to the next phase of development.

With NASA's Eyes on the Earth web-based app, you can tag along with the U.S.-European satellite as it orbits the globe.

The next full Moon will be early on Monday morning, November 30, 2020.

The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite will enhance forecasts and provide detailed information on large-scale ocean currents.

Seasonal cues tell Arctic animals when to migrate, when to mate, and when and where to find food. A shift in these cues is already happening.

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, the latest in a series of spacecraft designed to monitor our oceans, is ready for launch.

For Artemis astronauts traveling to the Moon, two space weather instrument suites, NASA’s HERMES and ESA’s ERSA, will provide an early forecast.

STEVE, or Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement, is still new to scientists, who are working to understand all its details.

Plumes of water vapor that may be venting into space from Jupiter's moon Europa could come from within the icy crust itself, according to new research.

Earth has captured a tiny object from its orbit around the Sun and it's probably a Centaur upper stage rocket booster.

New experiments re-create the environment of Europa and find that the icy moon shines, even on its nightside. The effect is more than just a cool visual.

With a little over two weeks to go until its California launch, the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft is undergoing final preparations.

NASA scientists have identified a molecule in Titan’s atmosphere that has never been detected in any other atmosphere.

A new study of Greenland's shrinking ice sheet reveals that many of the island's glaciers are not only retreating but are also undergoing other physical changes.

The next full Moon will be on the morning of Halloween, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020, The Moon will appear full for about three days, making this a full Moon weekend.

NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has confirmed, for the first time, water on the sunlit surface of the Moon.

On Oct. 16, 2020, the Moon photobombed NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory’s view of the Sun.