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NASA Spots Object Speeding Around the Moon NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spotted a bizarre sliver of an object speeding above the lunar surface last month. And as it turns out, we're not looking at a UFO — or, uh, maybe an Unidentified Lunar Object — because there's a perfectly human explanation for the lunar apparition. Continue Reading . . . https://futurism.com/the-byte/nasa-spots-object-speeding-around-moon

An astronaut is landing on the moon. For the first time, it won't be an American WASHINGTON – Two days after the distinctly American eclipse, President Joe Biden announced that on the next visit to our closest celestial neighbor − the moon − the U.S. will be accompanied by one of its closest friends: Japan.  Continue Reading . . . https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/04/10/japanese-lunar-moon-landing/73278375007/

See the 'Worm' supermoon glow in the sky this weekend See the "Worm" supermoon glow in the March sky this Sunday. Continue Reading . . . https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/28/world/worm-supermoon-march-2021-scn/index.html

The moon has a tail, and Earth wears it like a scarf once a month Like a comet soaring through the cosmos, the moon is followed by a slender tail of irradiated matter — and Earth passes directly through it once a month. Continue Reading . . . https://www.livescience.com/moon-has-a-sodium-tail.html

NASA confirms presence of water on sunlit surfaces of the Moon Astronomers have been aware of water ice present on the surface of the Moon, but it had only ever been discovered in deep, perpetually shadowed impact craters at its poles. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/nasa-moon-sunlight-water-sofia-artemis-162600047.html

July 20, 2019 at 4:17:40PM ET marks exactly fifty years from when the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle touched down on the Moon. There are going to be events and activities galore to celebrate the anniversary, honor the historic achievement, and explore how the space program is preparing for the future. from https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/18/20689155/apollo-11-moon-landing-50th-anniversary-celebrate-how-to-events-activities https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/64756192/23399378513_b0ddb41f52_k.0.jpg

The skywatching event coincides with the spring equinox, which heralds the start of a new season. Get ready, skywatchers. The last supermoon of 2019 will be visible in the night sky Wednesday, coinciding with the spring equinox that heralds the start of a new season. from https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/how-see-super-worm-equinox-moon-last-supermoon-2019-ncna984861 https://media2.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2019_12/2791651/190319-lunar-eclipse-ew-128p_404d109a3b3a320ac37fb8794b583a37.fit-760w.jpg

China’s Chang’e-4 lander reached the Von Kármán crater near the moon’s South Pole on Wednesday, marking the first time a human craft has visited the lunar far side. from https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/china-lands-first-probe-far-side-moon-180971172/ https://thumbs-prod.si-cdn.com/ScVkgHOhR4CMCXjItycg-KF4oKM=/fit-in/1072x0/https:/public-media.si-cdn.com/filer/0e/99/0e992d57-b704-43bc-a0a3-81da602b94f4/yuta-rover-rolling-1546879144.jpg