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An Apollo 15 image of Lambert Crater with Mons Undset to its west (right, where we've added a circle) casting a pyramidal shadow. Mons Undset was named for novelist Sigrid Undset. Credit: NASA

The mystery of a pyramid-like mountain on the Moon missing its name

Observing, The Moon, Upcoming Events

The Moon slides by Antares: This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher

The lunar nearside

Every Full Moon, you can see the craters made famous in 2001: A Space Odyssey

Observing, Planets, The Moon

Jupiter meets the Moon: This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher

Human Spaceflight, Solar System

Evidence shows the Moon’s south pole is probably not the best place to land

Artist's concept of the Lunar Vertext rover

Robotic Spaceflight, Solar System

Vertex Moon mission getting closer to launch

Bill Anders’ famous photograph of Earthrise became an iconic image of the Space Age — and a clarion call to the emerging environmental movement.

Human Spaceflight

The ‘Earthrise’ image and the impact of the Apollo 8 mission

Some dark craters on the Moon, indicated here in blue, never get light. Scientists think some of these permanently shadowed regions could contain ice. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Science, Solar System

Scientists suspect there’s ice hiding on the Moon

The Sun provides necessary energy for life on Earth, thanks to its powerful but compact core, which takes up just 1/50 our star’s volume.

Strange Universe: Astounding fundamentals

The Moon has less water than we thought

Space Exploration

Chandrayaan-3’s measurements of sulfur open the doors for lunar science and exploration

Full Moon

The Moon, Upcoming Events

See the year’s last Super Moon