Landing a spacecraft on the moon has long been a series of hits and misses. Last year, a spacecraft built by Intuitive ...

Google's latest Doodle celebrates the third quarter moon phase with a fun interactive card game. The Google Rise of the Half-moon Doodle highlights the different phases of the lunar cycle ...

If a big, bright, bold bella luna makes you want to throw back ... though what we’ll actually be seeing is half of the half-moon lit by the sun or half of its “day side.” ...

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter discovered a new crater on the moon that's 33 feet in diameter — as wide as a 3-story building is tall. It could be the crash site of Russia's Luna-25 moon ...

Credit: NASA Russia's Luna-25 — an unmanned space mission to explore the ice-rich area at the moon's south pole — has suddenly crashed. On Sunday, Aug. 20, Russia's state space corporation ...

The moon will appear half full when it rises Friday night, earning it's "half moon" nickname, even though it's officially known as a quarter moon. Advertisement This waning phase ends with a new moon.