Those who glanced up at the sky Thursday night had an opportunity to catch the March 2025 "Blood Moon," a phenomenon that colors the full moon in shades of red, orange and yellow during a total ...

NASA websites no longer state that the Artemis 3 mission will aim to land the first person of color and the first woman on the moon, but the agency says this does not reflect a change in crew.

some of the sunlight entering Earth's skies scatters before reaching the moon's surface. Colors with shorter wavelengths, such as blues and violets, scatter more easily than colors with longer wavelengths, which include red and orange.

Most of the Western Hemisphere should see the moon change color as it passes through the darkest part of Earth’s shadow, or umbra, according to NASA. When the moon passes through this part of ...

NASA's vast archive of science data, over 100 petabytes and counting, is proving to be a timeless treasure trove for new discoveries. From uncovering hidden moons around Uranus decades after the data was captured,

On one page originally published in 2023, NASA proclaimed that it would “land the first woman, first person of color, and first international partner astronaut on the Moon using innovative technologies to explore more of the lunar surface than ever ...

Or as NASA puts it, the reddish-brown or reddish-orange color of the moon comes from "[t]he glow of all of the sunrises and sunsets on Earth." Exactly what shade of red the moon will assume may ...

NASA websites have dropped references to landing the first woman on the moon as part of the goals for its Artemis program.