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The next full Moon will be early Saturday morning, Feb. 27 at 3:17 AM EST. The Moon will appear full from Thursday night through Sunday morning.
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Phobos orbits through a stream of charged atoms and molecules that flow off the atmosphere of Mars, new research shows.
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The next full Moon will be Thursday afternoon, Jan. 28, 2021
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NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, has experienced its first lunar transit of the year.
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The next full Moon will be Tuesday evening, December 29, 2020. The Moon will appear full from Monday evening through Thursday morning.
December 2020: The Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon
A small satellite mission to study the lunar water cycle has received NASA approval to proceed to the next phase of development.
NASA Confirms New SIMPLEx Mission Small Satellite to Study Lunar Surface
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.
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The next full Moon will be early on Monday morning, November 30, 2020.
November 2020: The Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon
For Artemis astronauts traveling to the Moon, two space weather instrument suites, NASA’s HERMES and ESA’s ERSA, will provide an early forecast.
Lunar Gateway Instruments to Improve Forecasting for Artemis Astronauts
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.
Potential Plumes on Europa Could Come From Water in the Crust
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.
Europa Glows: Radiation Does a Bright Number on Jupiter's Moon
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.
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NASA scientists have identified a molecule in Titan’s atmosphere that has never been detected in any other atmosphere.
NASA Scientists Discover ‘Weird' Molecule in Titan's Atmosphere
NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has confirmed, for the first time, water on the sunlit surface of the Moon.
NASA's SOFIA Discovers Water on Sunlit Surface of Moon
On Oct. 16, 2020, the Moon photobombed NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory’s view of the Sun.
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory Catches a Lunar Transit
A neighboring shield may have helped Earth develop habitable conditions. That shield was the Moon, says a NASA-led study.
Earth and the Moon Once Shared a Magnetic Shield
Made of a pair of two-wheeled vehicles, DuAxel is designed to descend craters and near-vertical cliffs on the Moon, Mars, and beyond.
This Transforming Rover Can Explore the Toughest Terrain
NASA is working with ICON, a company that has printed 3D communities on Earth, to develop a space-based construction system.
NASA Looks to Develop 3D Printing Construction Systems for Moon and Mars
The next full Moon will be on Thursday afternoon, Oct. 1, 2020. The Moon will appear full from Wednesday morning through Saturday morning.
October 2020: The Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon
Scientists were surprised to find evidence that our airless Moon has rust on it like Mars.
The Moon Is Rusting, and Researchers Want to Know Why
The next full Moon will peak after midnight on Wednesday morning, Sept. 2, 2020, The Moon will appear full for about three days around this time, from Monday evening through Thursday morning.
September 2020: The Next Full Moon is the Corn, Fruit, Barley, and Hungry Ghost Moon
Technicians are installing an adapter to connect the Orion spacecraft to its rocket for the Artemis I mission around the Moon.
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NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft has captured these six infrared views of the Martian moon Phobos.
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