NASA's Lunar Orbiter Survived an Impact With a Tiny Meteor
Three years ago, a camera aboard NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) was struck by a tiny meteoroid as it was…
The Earth Looks Beautiful from the Moon
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter really outdid itself with this amazing shot of the Earth over the rocky limb of the…
Happy 5th Anniversary, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter!
Five years ago today, NASA launched its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter into space. It's been snapping high-resolution…
A Stunning Shot Of Our Pale Blue Dot Rising Over The Lunar Horizon
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) experiences 12 "earthrises" every day, but it recently took full advantage of…
This is easily the weirdest place on the Moon
There's a very strange place on our moon called Ina, a D-shaped depression about 1.2 miles (2 km) wide and 100 feet (30…
Take a good, long look at the Moon's ash hole
Why? Because we never pass up the opportunity to sling Sean Connery puns. Also, this lunar ash hole is actually pretty…
This gorgeous video lets you fly across the moon's surface without leaving your armchair
It has been decades since humans last visited the moon, but this video, created by the Center for Lunar Science and…
Say hello to the Moon's true "dark" side
If you've ever heard someone talk about the Dark Side of the Moon, there's a decent chance they were actually referring…
The first entirely new globe of the Moon's surface in more than 40 years
I don't think I've ever been been this excited about a globe in my life. Don't get me wrong, globes are great, but…
Witness the Moon's breathtaking 4.5-billion-year evolution in less than three minutes
When we gaze up at the Moon, we expect a certain degree of consistency. Sure, it moves through its phases, shifting…
The Most Beautiful Video of the Moon We've Seen in Ages
Unless you're an astronaut, we're willing to bet that you have never seen the Moon depicted as stunningly as it is…
Evidence of extraterrestrial life could be sitting on the Moon at this very moment
When you consider the utter vastness of space, it isn't hard to accept that, somewhere out there, extraterrestrial life…
NASA releases the most detailed elevation map of the Moon ever
Thanks to the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, we can now see the Moon's mountains and craters in unprecedented detail.…
NASA Has Completed the Highest-Resolution Map of the Moon Ever
Using data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, NASA has created the highest-resolution, most accurate map of the…
The Apollo 17 landing site, 39 years later
This lunar soil marks the last time humans visited another world. It was here in December 1972 that the final Apollo…
Sharpest photographs yet of the tracks humans left on the Moon
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's cameras have just captured some stunning photographs of the tracks that humans left…
You've never seen the far side of the Moon like this before
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has provided us with some absolutely incredible images of the Moon — and its…
OMG, It's a Full On Complete Rainbow All the Way Across the Moon!
It may not be a Double Rainbow, but it's a Lunar Rainbow! How could this be possible? it doesn't rain there. The Moon…
The Night When NASA Let People Watch as They Fired Lasers at the Moon
As part of Saturday's International Observe the Moon Night, NASA fired a ton of lasers at the moon. They weren't…