The Moon is now almost entirely out of view as we approach the New Moon, can you see anything tonight? What is today’s Moon phase? As of Friday, May 15, the Moon phase is Waning

Credit: NASA / UCF / University of Arizona On the moon, not much can survive the arctic plunge of nightfall, where temperatures can dip to -330 degrees Fahrenheit for the two-week stretch of darkness each month.

As the historic lunar flyby comes to a close, space companies and nations around the world are also shooting for the moon. Upcoming landings aim to change the landscape of space exploration

Venus and the moon will appear close together in the sky May 18. Here's how to see the celestial conjunction around the United States.

“It's not like these structures skidded in from somewhere else," Max Derakhshani said.

There’s a new space race to the Moon, and this time the ambitions are not just to visit but to stay. NASA’s Artemis program aims to establish a long-term human presence on the lunar surface in the 2030s.

Astronomers say the upper stage of a Falcon 9 rocket that launched in early 2025 will strike the Moon later this summer, likely on the near side of the Moon. Bill Gray, who writes the widely used Project Pluto software to track near-Earth objects,

Most lunar craters that we know of date back millions, if not billions, of years, making evidence of a recent impact a rare glimpse into a process that is shaping the Moon today. Scientists identified a new crater on the Moon that formed in the late spring of 2024,

What can you see tonight?

From outdated tech to funding hurdles, here’s why astronauts haven’t landed on the moon in over five decades Bill Ingalls/NASA/Getty; Heritage Space/Heritage Images/Getty Astronauts haven't landed on the moon since 1972, and NASA has delayed another ...