Due to the high number of Meteorites landing on the moon, it made scientists rethink moon bases. This could affect future lunar operations.

The earth's moon and the planet Jupiter will appear very close together on Jan. 21. A spectacular conjunction of Jupiter and our moon will take place on Jan.

The 2012 Harvest Moon is shining bright in skies throughout the world. It met Uranus on Saturday, Sept. 29 and the online Slooth Space Camera showed live webcast observatory views of Uranus and the most famous full moon of the year.

The next chance to see a blue moon is this Friday, Aug. 31, and if you miss it, you'll have to wait till 2015. However, "blue moon" is not in fact blue-colored at all. The term refers to its rarity; blue moons are either the fourth full moon in a season or the second full moon in a month, according to the Huffington Post. The latter is this year's August blue moon.