Total darkness, then sunset as full eclipse wows spectators in Spain
World 13:44 13/08/2026Spectators across Spain watched in wonder, some whipping off their protective glasses and rising to their feet in unison, as a rare total solar eclipse swept across the north of the country on Wednesday evening, plunging it into darkness.
Piece of SpaceX rocket believed to have crashed into the moon
World 18:43 05/08/2026WASHINGTON - A SpaceX rocket piece floating in space since last year was expected to have smashed into the moon at high speed early Wednesday morning, though the impact was unlikely to be confirmed for at least several hours.
Artemis II astronauts safely back on Earth after historic trip around moon
World 12:20 12/04/2026HOUSTON - The Artemis II capsule and its four-member crew streaked through Earth's atmosphere and safely splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Friday after nearly 10 days in space, capping the first voyage by humans to the vicinity of the moon in over half a century.
Artemis astronauts blast towards Moon on historic mission
World 11:00 03/04/2026A quartet of astronauts soared into space Wednesday aboard NASA’s towering new lunar rocket, beginning the first crewed journey around the Moon in more than half a century.
NASA races to put nuclear reactors on Moon and Mars
World 15:13 06/08/2025The United States is rushing to put nuclear power reactors on the Moon and Mars, and hopes to launch the first system by the end of the decade.
Earth's satellites at risk if asteroid smashes into Moon: study
World 14:42 24/06/2025If a huge asteroid smashes into the Moon in 2032, the gigantic explosion would send debris streaming towards Earth that would threaten satellites and create a spectacular meteor shower, according to researchers.
Japanese company aborts Moon mission after assumed crash-landing
World 12:24 06/06/2025Japan's hopes of achieving its first soft touchdown on the Moon by a private company were dashed Friday when the mission was aborted after an assumed crash-landing, the startup said.
'Blood moon' awes sky watchers in Americas and Asia
World 20:00 08/10/2014During the total lunar eclipse, light beams into Earth's shadow, filling it with a coppery glow that gives it a red hue.
Mid-autumn festival in Vietnam: Time for mooncakes, reunion, love and joy
Travel 09:58 28/08/2014Despite the different theories on its origin, the mid-autumn festival and its indispensable treat – mooncakes – have been well loved and practiced for several hundred years
