Moons of the Solar System

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Wolf Moon and Mars: How to See January 2025 Full Moon With the Red Planet

The Wolf Moon will reach its peak fullness at 5:27 p.m. Eastern Time on January 13. It will rise in the sky about an hour earlier, at 4:28 p.m. ET, and remain visible until 8:09 a.m. ET the next morning. For those outside the Eastern Time Zone, the timing will vary slightly, but the Wolf Moon will dominate the night skies across the country.

The New York Times · 2d

A Full Moon, a Bold Mars and a New Comet Brighten January’s Skies

On Monday night you may have a chance to witness the moon obscuring the Red Planet at its brightest, as well as a comet’s closest approach to the sun.

CNN on MSN · 2d

See the full wolf moon overtake Mars in the night sky and glimpse a planetary parade

Mars will seem to disappear behind the full wolf moon Monday for many sky-gazers. Throughout January, also look up to see Venus, Saturn and Jupiter in the night sky.

Blue Ghost, a Private U.S. Lunar Lander, Launches to Moon

Scientific American · 9h

Blue Ghost, a Private U.S. Lunar Lander, Launches to the Moon

An illustration of a private U.S. lander on the surface of the moon built by Texas-based company Firefly Aerospace. The company’s Blue Ghost lander is carrying a suite of scientific instruments to the moon, including an experiment to detect and use GPS satellite signals on the lunar surface.

UPI News on MSN · 14h

SpaceX launches Blue Ghost, Resilience landers to moon

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a pair of lunar landers into space early Wednesday, sending Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost and ispace's Resilience on their lengthy journeys to the moon.

Gizmodo · 9h

SpaceX Just Launched Two Private Moon Landers. Here’s What Happens Next

A Falcon 9 rocket delivered the two landers to space earlier this morning, kickstarting a pair of exciting private Moon missions.

Live Science1d

Earth's moon could've had Saturn-like rings, new study hints

A new study implies that in the past, moons in our solar system may have had rings just like planets do — deepening the ...

Kissing moons may explain why Earth's moon is so large

The larger moons of Pluto and Earth likely formed through a collisional process with Charon and our moon, respectively, ...

5don MSN

The story behind Pluto's huge moon bodes well for distant ocean worlds

Since New Horizons' close encounter with Pluto 10 years ago, experts have come to think of the dwarf planet as much more ...

Saturn's moon looked like a snowy Utah landscape in my mind. The reality is just as compelling

A famous illustration of Saturn's moon Titan got it all wrong. Never mind -- what we imagine space to be, and what we know it ...

11don MSN

Why freezing cold worlds could be our best bet for alien life in the solar system

New research underscores the physics of potential oceans on moons like Europa and Enceladus where aliens could hide ...

Science Daily2d

Solar System News

19, 2024 — Scientists have unveiled groundbreaking research on the origins of lunar water, offering insights that could reshape our understanding of the Earth-Moon system and the broader solar ...

The Mirror US on MSN1d

Full moons to look out for in 2025 after incredible 'Wolf Moon' wowed stargazers

Here are all the full moons you can expect to see in 2025 after the stunning Wolf Moon was spotted over the US last night.

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