Half of the moon will be illuminated as it reaches its first quarter phase on Monday, June 2. The first quarter phase marks ...

It's not hard to see why the moon has inspired such fascination throughout the centuries. Not only does it possess an inherently mysterious aura, it can act as a canvas onto which we can project ...

With NASA's Artemis 1 mission launching to the moon this month, Space.com is taking a look at what we know about the moon and why we care. Join us for our Moon Week special report in the countdown ...

NASA is advancing plans to construct a radio telescope on the Moon's far side – a location uniquely shielded from the ...

It remained out of view to Earth until the 1960s when the first lunar orbiters sent back pictures of the moon's far side. This marks the first time lunar samples have been brought back to Earth ...

Building telescopes on the far side of the Moon would be the greatest astronomical ... has such a limited field of view that it can only capture a handful of targets at a time.

The far side of the moon has a certain mystique about it. It’s eternally out of view, never facing the Earth—which has earned it a misleading nickname, “the dark side,” as if sunlight ...

Image The Compton-Belkovich volcanic complex on the moon’s far side, with the boxed area indicating ... and Chang’e-2 thus provided a different view of the moon, measuring the flow of heat ...

"The back side [of the moon] looks like a sand pile my kids have ... the terminator [the line between night and day]. The view appears to be good, no reflection of the Sun back to our eyes ...

Blue Ghost has snapped a dreamy photo of the Moon's Earth-facing side, watched Earth roll away in the rear-view mirror, and taken a selfie with both bodies. Some of these photo ops were made ...

One plus side is that ... use a telescope or binoculars so they could view the contrast between craters and other features on the surface of the moon. This celestial triple-header will be visible ...