Moon

For the first time in a long time, August this year will have the unusual distinction of having two sturgeon supermoons.

Residents from rural Queensland to Melbourne posted on social media with different theories of what they saw but many weren't quite right.

It was a bit overcast on much of the east coast as the brightest moon of the year so far rose but the rest of the world gave us a preview a nigh earlier.

If you look up at the skies tonight and catch a glimpse of the moon, it will look a little different.

Both a lunar eclipse and meteor shower will pass across our skies this weekend.

NASA has named the four astronauts who will fly around the moon late next year, including the first woman and the first African American assigned to a lunar mission.

Grab your binoculars and keep an eye to the sky this week for a chance to see a remarkable planetary hangout.

They're a big change to the puffy white suits worn on earlier lunar landings.

With more lunar missions than ever on the horizon, the European Space Agency wants to give the moon its own time zone.

It sounds like a science fiction plot from the 1950s - in the far future year of 2023, one researcher has proposed we blast dust off the moon to shield us from the sun.

"We investigated this supposed 'fact' and found it has no scientific basis. It is not true in any quantifiable way."

NASA's Orion capsule made a blisteringly fast return from the moon overnight, parachuting into the Pacific off Mexico to conclude a test flight that should clear the way for astronauts on the next lunar flyby.

A handful of scientists spend an entire winter in the coldest, most inhabitable place on the planet.

Orion's flight path took it over the landing sites of Apollo 11, 12 and 14 — humanity's first three lunar touchdowns.

If all goes well during the three-week, make-or-break shakedown flight, the rocket will propel an empty crew capsule into a wide orbit around the moon.

Trillions of coral eggs and sperms will be released into the Great Barrier Reef following the recent lunar eclipse.

Here's hoping you catch a glimpse of the moon's disappearing act tonight, because there won't be another like it until 2025.

Better catch the moon's disappearing act tonight — there won't be another like it for three years.

The next launch attempt will not take place until Friday at the earliest.

NASA's new moon rocket remained on track to blast off on a crucial test flight today, despite a series of lightning strikes at the launch pad.

There are 13 different regions near the lunar South Pole where the first woman and next man on the moon could land through NASA's Artemis III mission in 2025.

The capsule will fly around the moon in a distant orbit for a couple weeks, before heading back for a splashdown in the Pacific

The year's last supermoon rose in night skies around the world last night.

Keen skywatchers will want to rug up and pop outdoors tonight as the last supermoon of the year rises over the horizon.

This week's spectacular supermoon encouraged photographers right around the world to get out and capture the phenomenon.

July's "Buck" supermoon will be the biggest of the year, and should provide an even more spectacular sight than last month's "Strawberry" moon.

From Frankfurt and New York to Istanbul and Beijing, skygazers have enjoyed a beautiful supermoon rise over the horizon in an impressive astronomic spectacle.

An otherworldly grey, dusty substance on the moon could be instrumental in getting humans to Mars, and Australia is one of a handful of nations best equipped to mine it.

The Americas, Europe, South West Asia and Africa have been treated to a dazzling lunar eclipse.

For the first time, scientists have grown plants in soil from the moon collected by NASA's Apollo astronauts.

A secretive program that ran from 2007 - 2012 spent millions on experimental technologies, including invisibility cloaks and a proposal to blast the moon with thermonuclear explosives.

A surprising connection between the Europa ice shell and the Greenland ice sheet on Earth has provided new insight: Europa's ocean may be habitable.

A study published last week in the journal Science Advances has come up with a new explanation for this lunar mystery.

The Australian Space Agency has teamed up with NASA for the "G'Day Moon" campaign which will see history made with Australia's first lunar mission

The rocket that will kickstart humanity's attempts to return people to the moon weathered four lightning strikes on the weekend, with the storm caught on NASA's live feed.

The moon is about to get walloped by 3 tonnes of space junk, a punch that will carve out a crater that could fit several semitractor-trailers.

A rogue rocket expected to collide with the moon on March 4 was wrongly identified as a SpaceX Falcon rocket stage

An out-of-control rocket fired by SpaceX seven years ago is set for a high-speed impact with the surface of the moon.

Astronomers may have found a moon that's completely different from anything in our solar system.

A Chinese space rover has spotted what is being referred to as a strange 'mystery house' on the far side of the moon.

Western Australians got to see a rare and spectacular sight yesterday when the moon, Venus, Saturn and Jupiter aligned in the night sky.

The longest partial eclipse since the 15th century was visible in regions of Australia as well as North and South America, North/West Africa, along with parts of Europe and Asia.

The longest partial lunar eclipse in 600 years will be visible from Melbourne tonight.

NASA is debating whether to try to fix a jammed solar panel on its newly launched Lucy spacecraft, en route to explore an unprecedented number of asteroids.

The launch team confirmed that they received a signal from the spacecraft confirming it was safe and healthy just after takeoff.

The rover will be the 'first Australian on the Moon' as part of $50 million project the Prime Minister called an "incredible opportunity."

A handful of tiny rocks, collected from the face of the moon, are changing what we know about our solar system.

Researchers have found the Earth is reflecting less light than it used to due to a decrease in cloud cover.

The Hubble Space Telescope has spied evidence of water vapor in the atmosphere around Jupiter's moon Ganymede, the largest moon in our solar system.

An auction for a ride into space next month alongside Jeff Bezos and his brother ended with a winning $36 million bid on Saturday.