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.

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.

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.

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

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.

NASA is sending a mobile robot to the South Pole of the Moon.

A new study suggests that while a majority of lunar ice deposits are likely billions of years old, some may be more recent.

A rocket’s empty fuel tank smashed into the surface of the Moon 10 years ago on Oct. 9. Meanwhile, back on Earth, Tony Colaprete was holding his breath: Would it work?

Two robotic spacecraft orbiting the Moon today were initially known as ARTEMIS.

The next full Moon will be on Sunday afternoon, October 13, 2019, The Moon will appear full for about three days centered on this time, from Saturday morning to Tuesday morning.