The moon

Artemis II astronauts brace for fiery return to Earth

The Artemis II crew, flying in their Orion capsule since launching from Florida last week, are due to splash down off the Southern California coast on Friday.

The NASA Artemis II crew, Mission Specialist Christina Koch, Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen, Commander Reid Wiseman, and Pilot Victor Glover, embrace inside the Orion spacecraft on their way home following a flyby of the far side of the Moon on April 7, 2026.
NASA ASTRONAUT and Artemis II mission specialist Christina Koch peers out of one of the Orion spacecraft's main cabin windows, looking back at Earth, as the crew travels towards the Moon April 2, 2026.

Japanese corporation floats plan to build massive 'lunar ring'

NASA ASTRONAUT and Artemis II mission specialist Christina Koch peers out of one of the Orion spacecraft's main cabin windows, looking back at Earth, as the crew travels towards the Moon April 2, 2026.

WATCH: Artemis makes lunar flyby as moon mission breaks record for human distance from earth

NASA's Artemis II mission to fly by the moon, comprising of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion crew capsule, lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, April 1, 2026

NASA’s Artemis II mission takes off with four astronauts for historic lunar journey


Parashat Bo: Beautiful as the moon

The commandment of sanctifying the month is not merely a technical instruction for those who establish the calendar on how and when to determine the new month.

 SUPERMOON RISES over Jerusalem this past November.

World Monuments Fund adds Moon, Apollo 11 sites to 2025 heritage preservation watch list

Specialists fear planned commercial flights could compromise lunar heritage, including Neil Armstrong’s bootprints.

World Monuments Fund adds Moon, Apollo 11 sites to 2025 heritage preservation watch list.

„Tod eines Königs, Fall einer Nation“: 4.000 Jahre alte babylonische Tafeln enthüllen dunkle Omen

Insbesondere Mondfinsternisse galten als dunkle Omen, etwa für den Tod des Königs.

 Keilschrifttafeln werden im Rahmen einer Ausstellung im Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem gezeigt, 3. Februar 2015.

'Kiss and capture': Scientists propose new explanation for Charon, Pluto's largest moon

Unlike Earth, where the Moon orbits the planet, Pluto and Charon orbit each other, forming a binary system that is more similar to the Earth-moon system than any other moon in the solar system.

 Pluto’s Charon.

Prada ventures into space with high-tech suit for 2026 Moon mission

Designed for the first woman and person of color to walk on the Moon, the suit combines advanced technology with luxury fashion expertise.

 Prada ventures into space with high-tech suit for 2026 Moon mission.

From Moon to Mercury: Key space missions planned for 2025

2025 promises to be pivotal for space exploration, with major Moon and celestial missions by the U.S., China, Japan, and ESA.

 From Moon to Mercury: Key space missions planned for 2025.

New research suggests the Moon is much older than previously believed

A new study suggests that the Moon is significantly older than previously believed, possibly forming up to 4.51 billion years ago—over 80 million years earlier than prior estimates.

 Significantly older than previously believed. Full moon rising over Istanbul.

The Moon has a Canada-sized crater, and researchers are thrilled by their discovery

New research refutes previous assumptions about the Moon's oldest and largest impact crater, the South Pole-Aitken Basin.

 A crater the size of Canada. The Moon.

So soon? Bidding goodbye to our recently arrived mini moon

The smallish asteroid is expected to come back next year, and then take its leave for 30 more years.

 Saying goodbye to a mini moon.

Moonlit hike in Israel's desert highlights spiritual connection to lunar cycles

Although the night of the full moon is ideal for this adventure (usually, the 15th of the Hebrew month), a nearly full moon works almost as well.

 FOR THE ANCIENT Israelites, the sanctification of the new moon turned an otherwise dark day into a day of hope for the month and the light and blessing that could come along with it.