July Is Ending With a Rare Black Supermoon on Wednesday
After a month of spooky astronomical events, July will close out with a rare black supermoon this Wednesday.
After a month of spooky astronomical events, July will close out with a rare black supermoon this Wednesday.
Usually it's all about the Perseids, but this summer, the Delta Aquariids is the meteor shower to catch, thanks to July's "old moon." Here's how to view it.
In the event that Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were stranded on the moon, William Safire wrote a heartbreaking letter for the president to read.
Apollo 11’s 50th anniversary is a great opportunity to explore the history of Moon landings with Smithsonian.com’s handy map.
When Neil Armstrong stepped foot on the surface of the Moon in July of 1969, software was a relatively new development. In fact, the Moon mission was one of the first times this kind of engineering was used in such a fundamental way. History was being wri
The 6-foot-3-inch model took 300 hours and 30,000 LEGO blocks to build. It matches the astronaut suits worn during the 1969 Moon landing.
The half-blood thunder moon—a partial lunar eclipse that coincides with a full moon in July—falls on the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch.
Tune into CBS’s live stream of its 1969 coverage of the Apollo 11 mission launch, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing.
On July 11, 1969—just weeks before the Apollo 11 landing—David Bowie's iconic single 'Space Oddity' was released.
Find out when and where you can watch the full-scale projection, accompanied by a short film about the 1969 Moon landing.
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the Moon—and Buzz Aldrin became the first one to pee on it.
A total solar eclipse will be visible over South America today, July 2, 2019—but you don't need to catch a plane to see it live.
The clip of the solar eclipse, recorded by a magician in 1900, could be the oldest footage of an astronomical event ever filmed.
On July 2, 2019, a total solar eclipse will be visible from Earth for the first time since the Great American Eclipse of 2017. Here's where to see it.
Neil Armstrong's iconic suit was pulled from the museum floor out of fear of deterioration, but after a conservation project, it's ready to go back on display.
A failed attempt to land a lunar craft may have had an unintended consequence: 30 million digital pages of knowledge might still be residing on the Moon.
The next blue moon occurs on May 18, 2019—and because it's the first full moon of May, it will also be a flower moon.
Theoretically, the Moon could move far enough away to no longer have a hold on Earth. But quite a number of other big events would likely take place first.
A full pink moon isn't actually pink—but it's so important that it helps determine when Easter will occur each year.
The human-led mission isn't expected to happen until at least 2030, but when it does, a woman will likely be the first person to set foot on the Red Planet.
The third and final supermoon of 2019—the super worm moon—will appear on the vernal equinox in March. Here's the best time to watch it.
It's our closest neighbor in the solar system, but we still have a lot to learn about the Moon—from how it formed to what's on its dark side.
The next supermoon will light up skies on Tuesday, February 19. This one will be a snow moon, a full moon that comes only at this time of year.
From the first manned Moon landing to Monty Python, here are 50 things marking a half-century on this planet (and beyond).