Moon News

San Francisco - Are you ever interested in what the Earth looks like at 1 p.m. EST on a Saturday? Well, now you might have the chance to view our blue marble online when a privately-funded telescope gets sent to the moon in two years.

NASA is reporting that a meteor smashed into the Moon on March 17, 2013 at a speed of 56,000 mph, sparking the biggest and brightest explosion ever observed and creating a crater 65 feet wide (20 meters).

Stargazers, prepare for the first lunar eclipse of the 2013 season. Many flock to websites in the hopes to find visibility and viewing information.

Mountain View - Star Trek fans have reason to celebrate after learning their choice for the name of one of Pluto's smallest moon is the overwhelming favorite.

Kayla is a little over 2 years old. Her dad says anytime there is a clear view of the Moon she would cry excitedly "The Moon! The Moon!" The video shows one of the special moments little Kayla freaks out over the Moon.

According to the Russian space agency, Russia's next unmanned mission to the Moon will launch in 2015, with a total of three lunar exploration missions planned over the next five years.

Astronomical and geophysical activities increase as “Mayan doomsday” prediction nears. Asteroid came nearer to Earth than the Moon, while mystery orb crashes. Geophysical actions proliferate throughout Chile, Iceland, and New Zealand.

Scientists have long known that the moon and other rocky bodies in the inner solar system were pounded by impacts early in their history billions of years ago, but new evidence shows that the intensity of the impacts was greater that previously thought.

Knoxville - Scientists announced on Sunday they have found small particles of water on the earth's moon that come from an unusual source; the sun.

A policeman in Worcestershire, England, put his colleagues on alert after he saw what he thought was a suspicious light, which turned out to be the moon.