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Here's a look at what would happen if we didn't have leap years.
People across North Carolina may have noticed the peculiar glowing ring around the moon. But what is it?
Delaney Eyermann, WRAL multiplatform producer
A guide to everything happening in the sky and in space for 2024, including eclipses, meteor showers, supermoons and more.
WRAL staff
Japan becomes the fifth country to soft land a spacecraft on the lunar surface, but the probe's lifespan could be limited by power problems.
Tony Rice, NASA Ambassador
(CNN) -- The year ahead promises to deliver some spectacular pursuits, pushing human and scientific exploration of the cosmos further than it's gone in decades.
By Jackie Wattles and Ashley Strickland, CNN
Referred to as a "moon halo," "moon ring" or "22° halo," the glowing ring around the moon is actually an optical phenomena.
The first quarter Moon points the way to Saturn early this week and extremely clear skies might reveal the Milky Way as well.
Light travels in a straight line so why does the lit side of the Moon appear to point to a spot well above the setting Sun?
The first quarter Moon will pass in front of the bright start Antares Thursday night, blocking it from view for about an hour.
Russia staking its claim in a new space race to the moon and Mars. A Russian probe is expected to land on the moon's south pole any day now.
The Moon hides in the Sun's glare for a few days as it reaches new phase on Monday, but if you look closely, it is still faintly illuminated by light reflecting off Earth.
Tony Rice, NASA ambassador
Watch as the moon sets over Raleigh on Thursday, April 13, 2023.
A day after she was named as one of four and the only woman to the crew for the Artemis missions to the Moon, Christina Koch talked about the opportunity -- for herself, NASA and mankind, with WRAL's Chris Lovingood.
The NC State grad has a chance to be the first woman to walk on the moon. (NASA video)
The first quarter Moon is cozying up to Mars
Tuesday night the Moon was below Venus, tonight it's alongside Jupiter just a degree away.
Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) makes its closest approach to Earth this week for the first time in 50,000 years. Monday will be the best night to see it before clouds roll in for its midweek pass-by of Earth more than 20 million miles away
The moon put on a show before dawn on Nov. 8, 2022, Election Day, with a total lunar eclipse visible across the country.
Before you head to the polls, look up for the Moon to turn a deep orange/red as it passes through Earth's shadow during a total lunar eclipse the morning of November 8. But is it the first-ever election day eclipse?
NASA called off the launch after a last-minute cascade of problems.
The Artemis I launch has been scrubbed after the team was unable to work through an issue on one of the rocket's four engines. The next launch opportunity is on September 2, but that will depend on how testing goes.
By Ashley Strickland, CNN
For the first time in 50 years, a spacecraft is preparing to launch on a journey to the moon.
The buck moon reaches its peak on July 13 and may appear larger and brighter than other full moons.
A lunar orbiter spotted a mystery rocket impact site but double craters raise questions about the rocket that did it.
June's full moon arrives at perigee, the point in the Moon's orbit closest to Earth, making it appear 14% bigger and 30% brighter than a full moon at apogee.
