An orange or red moon outside of a lunar eclipse is often caused by pollution, such as smoke or dust. The moon will appear red during the eclipse, as sunlight is filtered through Earth's atmosphere.

On the night of March 13-14, 2025, North America and South America will get a great view of all phases of what is commonly called a "blood moon." During the total lunar eclipse, which will last ...

It will also carry work to learn more about space weather and how heat flows on the moon. The most exciting of them is the testing of the drilling technology. Cameras on the lander will take pictures ...

This type of eclipse happens when Earth blocks the light from the sun that normally illuminates the moon, resulting in it appearing deep red, as if it were covered in blood. On the night of ...

A historic moment on March 2 we'll never forget. We have moon dust on our boots!" the company wrote today in an X post that shared a nearly three-minute video of the descent and landing.

Toward the end of the mission, Blue Ghost will send back images of the lunar sunset, studying how moon dust levitates from solar influences and creates a lunar horizon glow. Following sundown ...

A powerful dust storm swept through southern New Mexico on Monday bringing limited visibility and causing crashes according to local media reports. Vehicles were abandoned on roads as the National ...

A massive dust storm buried parts of New Mexico and Texas in airborne smut Monday morning, shutting down highways and leaving nearly 900,000 residents trapped in a potentially deadly cloud. The ...

The experiments include drilling into the lunar surface, analyzing moon dust and even photographing an eclipse and lunar sunset. Blue Ghost’s mission is only expected to last two weeks.