March's full moon will turn a different color for a bit tonight. But why? Here's why the moon takes on a red or orange color ...

The mission, aptly named “Ghost Riders in the Sky,” touched down in Mare Crisium, a large impact site filled with basaltic ...

Stargazers, get ready for the pale gray moon to transform into a copper-brown hue next week, and it should stick around ...

According to the space and astronomy news site Universe Today, the grey areas of the moon we can see from Earth represent an amalgamation of oxygen, silicon, magnesium, iron, calcium and aluminum.