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The moon hides Jupiter in spectacular photographs of October's lunar occultation

See the best photos of the Oct. 6 lunar occultation of Jupiter.

Moon phase today: What the Moon will look like on October 6, 2026

The Moon has almost disappeared from view.

Margaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo 11 on the Moon, dies at 90

Pioneering computer scientist led the development of the software for Nasa's Apollo mission and was awarded the Presidential ...

Margaret Hamilton, who developed software for first moon landing, dies at 90

Her work enabled NASA’s Apollo onboard computers to alert astronauts of problems.

Margaret Hamilton, trailblazer whose software powered Apollo 11 moon landing, dies at 90

MIT computer scientist led development of software for moon mission and earned Presidential Medal of Freedom ...
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The Moon Just Got a Massive New Crater That’s Wider Than Two End-to-End Football Fields. It’s a ‘Once-in-a-Lifetime Observation’

The impact crater was formed in 2024 when an object the size of a multistory building crashed into our lunar companion. The resulting divot is about 728 feet wide and 141 feet deep ...

The Full ‘Harvest Moon’ Rises This Weekend — Why This One Is Different

September’s full Harvest Moon will rise beside Saturn this weekend — and its unusual celestial geometry means the spectacle doesn’t end after one night.

Superpowers Race to Put Nuclear Reactors on the Moon

The United States wants a reactor on the moon by 2030. A Russian-Chinese alliance is working on one for 2036. Some leading ...

Who Owns the Moon?

A treaty from the 1960s declared that nobody can own outer space. Half a century later, billionaires and superpowers see ...