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No matter how many Full Moons appear in any given timespan, its color will not actually change to blue. Credit: John Chumack.

Observing, The Moon

What is a Blue Moon? When’s the next one?

The Moon's surface

Science, Solar System

Meteorite strikes create the Moon’s atmosphere

Exploring the Moon with Robert Reeves

Observing, The Moon

Read these two great new Moon books from Robert Reeves

An artist's rendering of the Lunar Prospector spacecraft.

Robotic Spaceflight, Science, Solar System

What we learned by crashing Lunar Prospector into the Moon

Robotic Spaceflight, Space Exploration

How China’s Chang’e 6 mission snagged the first samples of the Moon’s farside

Robotic Spaceflight, Space Exploration

NASA cancels fully built Moon rover, stunning scientists

E: Time’s Telescope was an almanac published in London from 1814 to 1834.

The history of astronomical almanacs

20 things to see on the Moon: An observer’s guide to lunar names

Deep-Sky Objects, Observing, The Moon

Spot the Moon and the Pleiades: This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher

Observing, The Moon, Upcoming Events

The Moon, Mars, and Saturn line up: This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher

Observing, The Moon, Upcoming Events

The Moon meets Saturn: This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher

An Apollo 15 image of Lambert Crater with Mons Undset to its west (right, where we've added a circle) casting a pyramidal shadow. Mons Undset was named for novelist Sigrid Undset. Credit: NASA

The mystery of a pyramid-like mountain on the Moon missing its name