Before arriving at the moon, the small satellite mission will use the gravity of the sun, Earth, and moon over several months ...

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander caught haunting images of Earth while preparing to make its way towards lunar orbit.

The Blue Ghost lunar lander, built by the Texas-based company Firefly Aerospace for NASA, launched to space on Jan. 15, and ...

"I spy with my little lander, a Moon in the distance," the post reads. "Check out Blue Ghost's amazing view of Earth eclipsing the Moon as the lander travels on orbit ... the sun will set on ...

A small space rock that lingered near Earth last year and was referred to as its temporary “mini-moon ... distant orbit. But surprisingly, the object’s orbit around the sun is similar ...

Both NASA and Firefly Aerospace say Blue Ghost remains healthy as it prepares to make for lunar orbit ... Earth eclipsing the sun as seen from the perspective of the lander while en route to the moon.

The discovery of 2024 PT5 doubles the number of known asteroids thought to originate from the moon. Asteroid 469219 Kamo'oalewa was found in 2016 with an Earth-like orbit around the sun ...

For most of history, the Moon was regarded as a mysterious and powerful object. Then scientists made it into a destination ...

Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This alignment ensures the entire side of the Moon that faces us gleams under sunlight. Thanks to the Moon’s orbit around Earth ...

One day after the spacecraft launched into orbit, it began beaming data back to Earth, including a video captured from its top deck of Earth eclipsing the sun ... to enter the moon's orbit.

Almost two weeks ago, the spacecraft witnessed another majestic moment when Earth eclipsed the sun ... to arrive at the moon. The spacecraft will spend 16 days in lunar orbit before dropping ...

Because its orbit around the sun closely matches Earth's, astronomers determined that the "mini-moon" likely originated from nearby in our solar system. Now, research published this month in the ...