See The Harvest Moon Rise As Venus Blazes Brightest: The Night Sky This Week

Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes ...
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The Moon Just Got a Massive New Crater That’s Wider Than Two End-to-End Football Fields. It’s a ‘Once-in-a-Lifetime Observation’

The impact crater was formed in 2024 when an object the size of a multistory building crashed into our lunar companion. The ...

Is the September full moon a supermoon? No, but it might look like one

September's full moon is called the corn moon, and it might look like a supermoon when it rises, even though it's not one.

Venus ate its moon: How Earth's 'twin' could have swallowed a rocky satellite

Scientists have long speculated why Venus, with a size, mass and structure similar to Earth's, doesn't have a moon. New UC ...
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Billions of Years Ago, Venus May Have Had a Moon—Which the Planet Promptly Gobbled Up, Study Suggests

Scientists have puzzled over why the planet dubbed "Earth's twin" doesn't have a moon. Computer simulations hint that if Venus ever did have one, it probably would've cannibalized its companion ...
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International Observe the Moon Night 2026 shines tonight! Here's how to join in

International Observe the Moon Night 2026 occurs on Sept. 19 as the lunar disk is well placed for exploring its craters, ...

How Did Humanity Land on the Moon? | Looking Back at the History of Lunar Landings Through Major Missions

The moon floating in the night sky.It looks so close that we sometimes forget, but humanity has actually traveled to that ...