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First photos of SpaceX lunar rocket crash show blackened hole torn into the moon's surfaceNew images from South Korea's Danuri lunar orbiter reveal where a runaway SpaceX rocket part slammed into the moon on Wednesday.
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A SpaceX rocket will hit the moon at 5,000 mph tonight. Here's what to expect.An upcoming collision of a Falcon 9 rocket part with the moon may be visible from Earth with telescopes, new research suggests. Here's what scientists and skywatchers are hoping to see.
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'The moon looked wrong': Artemis II mission controller Chris White tells the story behind NASA's historic photosInterview Artemis II lead communications officer Chris White describes the tensest and most shocking moments of the historic moon mission, as seen from his desk at mission control in Houston.
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Tonight's full moon is the lowest, and one of the smallest 'micromoons' all yearJune's full Strawberry Moon will be the lowest-hanging and one of the smallest full moons of 2026. It will be at its fullest on Monday night, June 29.
By Jamie Carter Published
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How to watch Venus vanish behind the moon in broad daylight todayToday (June 17), the moon will pass between Earth and Venus, causing the hellish planet to temporarily disappear from the daytime sky. Here's what it will look like, exactly when it is happening and how you can safely view this skywatching spectacle.
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Earth-based telescope shares image of Artemis II capsule near the moon — one of the farthest photos of humans ever takenA blurry photo captured by the National Science Foundation's Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia shows Artemis II's Orion capsule circling the moon more than 200,000 miles away, making it a candidate for the longest-distance image of humans ever taken from Earth.
By Harry Baker Published
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An ancient piece of the moon found in Africa hints at a violent, long-ago collisionA meteorite shows evidence that an ancient crash on the moon 3.5 billion years ago was so powerful, it turned the surface molten.
By Elizabeth Howell Published
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Artemis II crew's iconic view of Earth shows simultaneous auroras over both polesSpace photo of the week The four astronauts on NASA’s Artemis II mission captured more than they bargained for when they photographed the nightside of Earth, right after starting their historic journey to the moon.
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Artemis III crew revealed: NASA announces astronauts for 'one of history's most complex missions'NASA's Artemis III crew has been revealed. The astronauts will launch into low Earth orbit next year to test docking with commercial lunar landers being developed by SpaceX and Blue Origin.
By Patrick Pester Last updated
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