From Earth, the cosmic lineup of the moon, Earth and sun caused the moon to appear with a striking red glow. But from the lunar surface, the effect would have been reminiscent of the total solar ...

The large golden aura is formed from the incoming light reflected off the sun-side of the occulter, a device that blocks the ...

Lunar eclipses occur when Earth moves between the sun and the moon, casting a shadow across the lunar surface. Lunar eclipses can only take place during a full moon and are a popular event for ...

The moon’s surface appears to be red because of ... of light emerge in the reflection of our solar panel as Earth began to block the sun. This photo taken from the lander’s top deck also ...

We've even been asked if you could run solar cells during the long lunar night on reflected earthlight, so we decided to ...

Discover interesting facts about how the moon formed, what it's made out of, and the many missions humans have launched to ...

The sun’s rays refracted through Earth’s atmosphere will cause a fiery glow across the moon’s surface Thursday night, just before the Earth’s shadow drapes across it. Not only will Friday ...

The next time astronauts land on the moon, we will watch it in high-definition. The transmission will be in color, digital ...

"We don't believe we're in the correct attitude (orientation) on the surface of the moon yet again," Altemus ... built space tug designed to work in Earth orbit. NASA lost contact with its Lunar ...