A Moon Man for Vice President
As Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump begins to mull over his options for vice president, here’s hoping he’ll shoot for the moon—or, more particularly, a man who loves the moon.
Moon Shrinking, Earth at Fault
The Moon is shrinking, and there’s nothing you can do about it.
The Moon This Weekend Is Only a "Blood Moon" If You're Being Stupid
Sunday night (in the Western Hemisphere) the shadow of the the Earth will fall on the face of the full moon, darkening it. This is the uncommon, but not too uncommon, phenomenon called a “lunar eclipse.”
Is the Moon Real?
It's common knowledge that earth's only friend, the moon, is real. There it is, big and bright, careening across the sky in a dark orbit thousands of miles away. Wow, it's big! Big and real. We know the moon is real because we can see it up there, existing. It's very, very real. But have you ever stopped yourself to…
Isaac Mizrahi and QVC Host Bicker Over Whether Moon Is a Planet or Star
Isaac Mizrahi, fashion designer and Celebrity Jeopardy runner-up, recently appeared on QVC to promote some new designs that, according to QVC host Shawn Killinger, look just like the Earth as viewed from a bazillion miles away on the planet Moon.
One Man's Take, by Taylor Berman
Every week there's some new shit with the moon. I'm tired of the moon.
NASA's Moon-Orbiting LADEE Will Crash Land This Month
NASA's moon-orbiting LADEE (Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer) spacecraft is expected to make a crash landing on the moon sometime this month, after having explored its thin atmosphere and lunar dust environment since October.
China Has Landed on The Moon
A spacecraft launched by China has landed on the moon, the first "soft landing" a man-made object has made on the moon since 1976.
Science Watch: The Sharks of Mystery
Asteroid tails! Clean bacteria! Dinosaur gore! See-thru snails! Desert farming! Traffic math! Moon craters! And toothy fish that can't be killed! It's your Thursday Science Watch, where we watch science—with rancor!
Space Auction: You Can Buy Buzz Aldrin's Toothbrush or An Armrest That Has Spent More Time on the Moon Than Any Other Armrest
The bidding started at $9,000 for an already used toothbrush formerly wielded by one Buzz Aldrin while in space. The auction house selling a variety of space-related memorabilia estimates that prices could reach $24,000 for this 6.5 inch piece of plastic "used throughout the mission, including in the Lunar Module …
A 47-Second Video About a Beautiful Friendship: Time Lapse Captures Crescent Moon and Comet
This is a very brief video about a marvelous friendship between a Cheshire cat grin of a moon and what looks like his comet buddy chasing after him.
When Can We Go Live on the Moon?
Welcome to "Hey, Science," our disgustingly scientific weekly feature in which we will have your most provocative scientific questions answered by real live scientists (or related experts). No question is too smart for us to tackle, theoretically speaking. This week, experts address a Gawker reader's plea: When can we…
This Is What the Giant Moon Would Have Looked Like in New York Last Night if You Had Been Able to See It
Last night Earth came very close to being destroyed by its own moon, which, through a combination of factors, looked slightly larger than usual. Thankfully, at the last second, the planet was spared. Above is an image of what the moon might have looked like hovering ominously over New York City, had it not been…
Goddamn Giant Moon Will Deprive Everyone of Awesome Meteor Shower
Normally, when they hear the biggest full moon of the year is coming, people and werewolves get very excited.
Goddamn Moon is to Blame for the Sinking of the Titanic
A team of astronomers from Texas State University-San Marcos has determined that a rare lunar event caused the shipping lanes of the Atlantic Ocean become extra full of icebergs on the night the Titanic sank.
Newt Gingrich Will Establish a Permanent Moon Base, But What About Mars?
Newt Gingrich was campaigning on Florida's Space Coast today when he decided, fuck it, I'm pandering: "By the end of my second term we will have the first permanent base on the moon and it will be American." Sure, why not. What about Mars? "Gingrich also said he would push to develop propulsion technology that would…
Don't Freak Out About Tonight's Enormous, Blood-Red Moon
So, if you wake up early tomorrow morning and the moon looks, like, enormous? And is blood red? Don't worry! It's not because the elder gods have returned to exact their brutal form of justice upon humankind.
We Used to Have Another Moon, Until Our Moon Murdered It
Scientists have long puzzled over the odd shape of the Moon: One side is "dominated by low-lying lava plains" while the other is "composed of highlands." But we may finally know why! Because the moon is a murderer.
Black Market 'Moon Dust' Found at Auction House
A "speck" of moon dust "the size of a fingertip" from the 1969 Apollo 11 mission to the moon (yeah, right) turned up at a Missouri auction house this week and returned to the Johnson Space Center. [Time]
The Moon Is Going to Be Huge on Saturday
On Saturday, for the first time since 1993, the Moon is going to be full at almost the exact same time it's closest to earth. So if you've got livestock you need to sacrifice, now's the time to do it!
