Moon

NASA reports up to 99.1% of the moon will be in the shadow of the Earth.

USS John P. Murtha crew are tasked with recovering the space capsule NASA will launch at the moon early next year, reports NBC 7’s Joe Little

Artemis I will launch early next year. It will carry the Orion spacecraft into orbit and send it on its three-week journey around the moon and back. USS John P. Murtha will then recover the Orion capsule roughly 60 miles off the coast of San Diego.

This modeled visualization of the moon’s orbit patterns over the course of a month shows the “moon wobble” as it makes its elliptical orbit.

Coastal cities across the U.S. are likely to see high-tide floods starting in the mid 2030s as rising sea levels align with a cyclical “wobble” in the moon’s orbit.

A “strawberry moon” will rise on Thursday, June 24th. Here’s what you need to know.

In the end, the buildup may have been more spectacular than the finale

A unusually large full moon named after the pink phlox plant glowed overnight around the world.

If you think the last few nights have seemed brighter than usual, you’re absolutely right – but the main event is Sunday night. The so called “worm moon” will be visible all night. Gary Hawkins with the San Diego Astronomy Association says there are about 13 full moons each year. This one marks our third of the year. It gets…

China has launched an ambitious mission to bring back rocks and debris from the moon’s surface for the first time in more than 40 years — an undertaking that could boost human understanding of the moon and of the solar system more generally

They sure look regal, don’t they? SkyRanger 7 captured aerial footage of king tides among the San Diego County coast.

On Sunday and Monday, San Diego County’s coastal communities are expected to be rocked by king tides and waves reaching more than 6 feet — on top of a modest swell from the south — the combination of which could cause coastal flooding and beach erosion.

NBC 7’s Sheena Parveen explains in detail what a king tide is and how it can affect San Diego County’s coastal communities.

Scientists say the moon’s shadowed, frigid nooks and crannies may hold frozen water in more places and in larger quantities than previously suspected

A supermoon rose above the sky on Tuesday. It was the first in a string of supermoons this year. The next supermoon will occur in May.

A visiting mini-moon is circling Earth, according to astronomers who discovered the cosmic squatter in our planet’s orbit.

50 years ago today Michael Collins, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin blasted off on a mission that would change history forever.

President Donald Trump said Sunday he believes North Korea’s Kim Jong Un wants to meet for a handshake at the Demilitarized Zone separating the North and South, a day after issuing the unprecedented invitation and expressing willingness to cross the border for what would be a history-making photo op. Speaking to Korean business leaders before a meeting with South Korean...

NASA prepping to open moon rock samples sealed since the Apollo missions.