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How to photograph the moon with a smartphone

Tips and tricks to help you succeed in lunar astrophotography using a smartphone.
Phone cameras are a modern convenience that's all too often taken for granted, making casual photography accessible to millions in a lightweight package. While your phone's camera probably won't beat ...
NASA is taking another step toward building a permanent presence on the moon, and we could see the effort begin to take shape as early as the end of this year. The goal is to support future astronauts ...
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station photographed a remarkable formation in Madagascar that looks surprisingly similar to the Moon’s bright highlands. Made of anorthosite, a rock ...
In this episode, a panel of industry experts discuss what’s needed to build a moon base. During a live event at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center, leaders Astrolab, Firefly Space and APL ...
A visualization of a dark moon eclipsing the sun is marked with handwritten notes in this April 6, 2026, screenshot from an Artemis II crew member's tablet. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman (in blue) and ...
Planetary scientists have fresh ‘Moon joy’ to explore. On 7 October, NASA released more than 800 gigabytes of images, audio recordings, written notes and other data gathered by the Artemis II ...
Nahda Nabiilah is a Staff Writer from Indonesia. She has always loved writing and playing games, so one day she decided to combine the two. She couldn't believe that she could make a career out of two ...
The European Space Agency's Juice spacecraft took photos, including some of the moon, during an Earth flyby for a gravity assist on Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. Credit: ESA / Juice / NavCam Europe's ...
An unusual rock buried on the far side of the moon is providing fresh clues for a longstanding scientific puzzle: the ancient lunar magnetic field. The characteristics of the large rock body, ...
Let’s hope for clear skies Saturday at sunset into Sunday night as people will want to see a favorite annual celestial event — a full harvest moon. The full harvest moon occurs at 12:49 a.m. EDT on ...