It's a unique sight that goes by many names throughout cultures and is often used to coincide with the season of spring and the spring holidays of Easter, Ramadan and Passover.
The mission is poised to launch on a United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket and would be the first American spacecraft to land on the moon in nearly 50 years.
The rocket launched in 2015 remained in orbit after it disengaged from the observatory. Now, that orbit is setting it on a direct collision course with the Moon.
The Moon has influenced aspects of human life for centuries, but here's what the science says today.
The Flower Moon is the full moon in the month of May, and the Super Moon is the point in its orbit where it is closest to earth. This year they coincided.
Every evening while I am away, each of us will look up at the moon and smile
In this strangest of years, it only makes sense that Halloween features the first full moon across time zones since 1944.
These meteors can appear anywhere in the sky, not just in the constellation they're named after.
Over the weekend, the Israeli spacecraft took more photos of the far side of the moon from 550 km. and 2500 km. away.
The Israeli-built spacecraft has completed another maneuver in preparation for entering the moon's gravitational pull.
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