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What is the moon phase today? Lunar phases 2024

By Tariq Malik last updated

Reference See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2024.

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the large bulge of the moon rises from below, dominating all but the top fifth, black top portion of the image.

Precise new moon map could help guide future sample-return missions

By Keith Cooper published

The age of Mare Orientale could act like a lunar Rosetta stone for dating the age of the moon's other giant impact basins.

The moon
On the left an orange-brown sphere on the right a smooth black rock

Did alien life exist in hot water on Mars billions of years ago?

By Robert Lea published

Was alien life in "hot water" on Mars billions of years ago? New evidence from the Martian meteorite "Black Beauty" suggests so.

Mars

October 2024 set multiple US records for the driest month ever

By Meredith Garofalo published

Drought conditions expanded to record-breaking levels across the US during the month of October as temperatures also climbed to record highs.

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a partial panoramic view of a rusty landscape with large broken rocks embedded in the redbrown ground.

NASA's Curiosity rover captures 360-degree view of Mars — and finds strange sulfur stones

By Julian Dossett published

The Curiosity shows sulfur stones, with no explanation of how they occurred on the Martian surface.

Mars
Graphic illustration of large rocky objects in the solar system.

'There are lots of mysteries in our backyard': Revised solar system chemistry explains long-standing puzzles

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

"We have been calling Uranus an ice giant, but we don't really know its nature."

Solar System
A large image of the sun with a few small dark sunspots

Solar Orbiter spacecraft captures sharpest views yet of sun's surface (images)

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

The Solar Orbiter spacecraft has sent home the highest resolution views of the sun's surface to date, providing fresh views of our well-studied star.

The Sun
Illustration of NASA astronauts at the lunar south pole.

India plans to build a moon-orbiting space station by 2040

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

India plans to build a moon-orbiting space station by 2040 to support crewed missions to the lunar surface.

The moon
A silver and gold trumpet like spacecraft directed at the edge of a glowing orange sphere

NASA's Parker Solar Probe is solving long-standing mysteries about the sun. Here's what we've learned so far.

By Paul Sutter published

The goal of the Parker Solar Probe mission is to investigate the mysteries of the sun's corona, its outer atmosphere. What has it learned so far?

The Sun
a hurricane seen from space, with a space station vehicle hanging in frame.

Why does everything look flat even though the Earth is round?

By Kelly R. MacGregor published

The only way to see the curve of the Earth is to fly more than 6 miles (10 kilometers) above its surface.

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