With Artemis II's historic mission to the moon capturing the nation's attention, some may be wondering why the far side of the moon remains hidden from view – even as it rotates.

The Moon is spherical like Earth, so why do we only see one side of it? Meteorologist Ray Petelin has the answer.

Update: This story was updated to correct an inaccuracy. In a historic moment, the Artemis II crew aboard the Orion spacecraft traveled the furthest anyone has ever traveled in space and observed the ...

As of Saturday, April 25, the Moon phase is Waxing Gibbous. Tonight, 63% of the moon will be lit up, according to NASA's ...

For the first time, humans will see with their own eyes parts of the moon never seen before — the Artemis II crew set to be the first to witness certain geological features of our moon's far side ...

For four and a half days the crewmembers of Artemis II have been flying their spacecraft, but they have had a powerful copilot helping them along: physics. Ever since firing their main engine and ...

The Artemis 2 astronauts captured a unique image of the moon's "dark side" during their historic April 2026 flyby.