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What is the moon phase today? Lunar phases 2025

By Tariq Malik, Daisy Dobrijevic last updated

Reference See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2025.

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Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander captured this photo of a lunar sunset on March 16, 2025.

Watch the sun set over the moon in epic video from private Blue Ghost lunar lander

By Mike Wall published

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander captured amazing views of the lunar sunset shortly before shutting down on Sunday (March 16).

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upon a black background can be seen a grey orb with a fiery red ocean stretching across most of its visible face

The far side of the moon was once a vast magma ocean, Chinese lunar lander confirms

By Andrew Jones published

New findings from China's Chang'e 6 lunar farside samples offer insights into the moon's volcanic past and mantle evolution.

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image of shadow of blue ghost lander on moon, with earth in the background.

Farewell, Blue Ghost! Private moon lander goes dark to end record-breaking commercial lunar mission

By Mike Wall published

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander went dark in the lunar night on Sunday (March 16) as expected, bringing an end to its historic mission.

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two orbs collide in a fiery explosion, sending large chunks of rock into space

How did Earth get such a strange moon? Exploring the giant impact theory

By Paul Sutter published

The moon is unlike anything else in the solar system. So how did our planet end up with such a special moon?

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a bright ring of light on a completely black background

Wow! Private lunar lander watches 'diamond ring' eclipse from the surface of the moon (photo)

By Brett Tingley published

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander witnessed a solar eclipse during what we on Earth saw as a total lunar eclipse on March 14, 2025.

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person standing looking at the blood moon above

What is a blood moon?

By Scott Dutfield, Daisy Dobrijevic last updated

Reference It may look spooky, but a blood moon is just a trick of the light. Here we explain this phenomenon and tell you how and where to see the next one.

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Screenshot from a video of the March 2 touchdown of Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander, which was captured by the onboard NASA payload SCALPSS.

Watch moon dust fly as private Blue Ghost lunar lander touches down (video)

By Mike Wall published

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander just beamed home up-close video of its epic March 2 touchdown, showing how its thrusters kicked up plumes of lunar dust.

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NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft captured this shot of Intuitive Machines' Athena lander on the moon on March 7, 2025.

Dead Athena moon lander seen inside its crater grave from lunar orbit (photos)

By Mike Wall published

Intuitive Machines' Athena lander died inside a small crater near the moon's south pole, photos by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter show.

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Lunar Outpost's MAPP rover is set to touch down aboard Intuitive Machines' Athena moon lander on March 6, 2025.

Private mini rover aboard sideways Athena moon lander was ready to roll — but it couldn't get out

By Andrew Jones published

Data sent to Earth by its MAPP moon rover on Intuitive Machines' ill-fated IM-2 mission will help Colorado company Lunar Outpost prepare for future lunar voyages.

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