Sep 14 Why Charon, Pluto’s largest moon, wears a red cap By Leigh Anne Tiffany Charon’s north pole has a dark red color, starkly different from its otherwise grey-white surface, and scientists have finally found out why. Continue reading
Sep 28 PHOTOS: Views of last night’s supermoon eclipse By Larisa Epatko Last night, skygazers enjoyed a celestial treat: a total eclipse of a supermoon -- a moon at its closest point to Earth in its orbit. The ruddy orb appeared larger than usual in the nighttime sky. Continue reading
Sep 27 8 things you didn’t know about the moon By Carey Reed Just in time for the supermoon lunar eclipse, here are eight things you may not have known about the moon. Continue reading
Aug 07 Why don’t we ever see the far side of the moon? By Catherine Woods NASA this week released photographs of the far side of the moon, providing a lunar perspective we rarely get to see. But why is the dark side of the moon, as it's known, so elusive to the Earthbound?… Continue reading
Oct 07 Can you find the turquoise in Wednesday’s lunar eclipse? By Jenny Marder For 59 minutes early Wednesday morning, the moon will turn an eerie shade of copper red when it passes through the Earth’s shadow in a total lunar eclipse. And if the skies are clear enough and you look at… Continue reading
Jul 31 Why the moon hits your eye like a big … lemon? By Justin Scuiletti Scientists have finally made lemonade out of the origins of our lemon-shaped moon. While the moon may look, to quote crooner Dean Martin, like a big pizza pie -- the real shape is a bit more similar to a lemon. Continue reading
Nov 18 Watch Silicon Valley entrepreneurs set their sights on space travel, moon mining Silicon Valley entrepreneurs set their sights on space travel, moon mining… Continue watching
Jul 12 African Cosmos: Stellar Arts By Extra DA From a gigantic rainbow serpent fashioned out of recycled jerry cans to a painting of girls dancing against a Milky Way backdrop, the Smithsonian's "African Cosmos: Stellar Arts" exhibit examines how African artists through time have looked to the sky,… Continue reading
Mar 16 Watch First Rock From the Sun: NASA Set to Explore Mercury’s Extreme Atmosphere Imagine traveling to a planet where the sun is 11 times stronger than on Earth, the temperature can swing 1,100 degrees and you have to maintain contact with headquarters back on Earth. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien reports on NASA's tricky… Continue watching
Nov 24 Watch Space Shuttle Program Winds Down as Era of Privatized Spacecraft Dawns As NASA's space shuttle program comes to an end after decades of service, private companies are looking to fill the void. Judy Woodruff looks at the future of space exploration with science correspondent Miles O'Brien. Continue watching