How on Earth did we start using “once in a blue moon”?
The moon does turn blue sometimes, but this idiom doesn't always refer to its color.
Tag: Moon
NASA plans to set a telescope on the far side of the Moon
It's part of a set of innovative projects funded by the space agency.
Trump gives signal for moon mining with new decree
US shows a pro-business approach regarding space resources.
Urine, the future material to build new bases at the moon
Urea could help build hardier, sturdier bases in space.
NASA and amateur space enthusiast find lost Indian moon lander
Parts from the craft landed in almost two dozen locations spanning several kilometers.
NASA shows how the next moon lander would look like
The US space agency hopes to go back to the moon by 2024
50 years ago, Apollo 12 made history with US second moon landing
One of NASA's most forgotten missions to the moon, but also one of the funniest
Lunar dirt can be broken down into oxygen and metals
This study rocks.
Saturn is now the planet with the most moons
If having most moons was a race, Saturn just took an unexpected lead.
China’s lunar rover finds strange substance on the moon
Mission scientists said it is "gel-like" and has an "unusual color."
NASA mission to the moon Europa gets the green light
NASA approved early-stage plans for the mission.
The moon is actually brighter than the sun — in gamma rays
The findings raise serious health concerns when it comes to putting astronauts on the moon.
The moon could have more water than initially thought, study suggests
This is good news.
NASA capsule meant to take astronauts back to the moon is now complete
Finally, the Orion capsule is now complete and ready for tests involving humans slated in 2023.
Mysterious gravitational anomaly in Moon’s South Pole could be a massive metal deposit
It was 'imported' from space via a meteorite impact.
Solar wind plus moon soil plus meteorite impacts create water on the Moon, researchers report
Can't the Moon just go to the tap like the rest of us?
NASA requests $1 billion in funding for Artemis mission to take man back to the moon by 2024
The original timeline was pushed forward four years by the Trump Administration -- and now NASA needs the bucks to ...
Shrinking moon is quaking, revealing it may be tectonically active
The moon may be tectonically active, according to groundbreaking new research.
Astronomers record first lunar eclipse meteoroid impact
During a blood moon, a brief flash of light caught astronomers' attention.
Ocean of magma blasted into space may explain how the moon formed
Finally, a theory that explains how the moon formed that isn't too over the top.
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