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.

Mormon leaders have issued a rare public statement to the church’s 15 million members, advising that the confluence Sunday of a lunar eclipse and a supermoon (a “blood moon”) should not be taken as a sign of the apocalypse: “Avoid being caught up in extreme efforts to anticipate catastrophic events.”

Cameron Read, 39, of Prescott, Ariz. was arrested last night for unlawfully discharging a firearm. He told police he was trying to shoot the moon, and later admitted that he was a little high.

The moon was hit by a huge meteorite in March that left a new crater 65 feet wide. The impact was visible to the naked eye, but because it happened in March and NASA is just telling us now, don't even bother looking for it. Thanks anyway, NASA.

Great news if you've recently entered the market to buy a moon rock that is big but not too big; the fourth-largest moon rock in the world (available for private purchase) has just been put up for auction.

Big news out of Earth today, where a (sort of) rare(ish) "blue moon" will be visible in the sky Friday evening.

Neil Armstrong, the first human being to ever set foot on the moon, died over the weekend, triggering an avalanche of eulogies, remembrances, and memorials. Both from the vast majority of human beings who are in awe of Armstrong's feat — and from the few hundred weirdos on the internet who believe the moon landing was faked by Illuminati Reptilians.

What will be the lasting legacy of gay marriage? A more just and equal society? Or all white people being forced onto reservations by the first American Indian president? If you ask Patricia Weber, "La Jolla resident since 1953," it's... the white deportation one.

An audit released yesterday found that NASA is missing hundreds of precious moon rocks. Imagine that: Going all the way to the Moon only to lose this stuff in couch cushions.

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.

You can buy anything on eBay, from Princess Beatrice's hat to some teen's virginity—even a piece of the moon. A Southern California woman hocking a purported moon rock on eBay was busted by an undercover sting operation.

This week, news that Bill O'Reilly had issued a challenge to atheists to explain how the moon got here—after being told that it, not God, controls the tides—was laughed at by many. Tonight, Stephen Colbert joined the chorus.

Did you miss the darkest day in 372 years? Last evening the the moon moved into the earth's shadow, causing a lunar eclipse visible to anyone in North America. Relive the magic or check out what you missed inside.

Here's a trailer for Source Code, the sci-fi thriller from the director of Moon about a device that allows a military man (Jake) to enter the body of someone else for the last eight minutes of their life. Sure, OK.

[A full moon rises in Kansas City, Missouri, wearing its "sexy moon" Halloween costume. Photo via AP.]

Since June 2009, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has been circling the moon, compiling data for the first full topographic map of the moon's surface, suggesting that 3.9 billion years ago asteroids pounded the moon and Earth, likely evaporating water supplies.

Two asteroids are due to pass between the Earth and the orbit of the moon sometime today, but don't worry, we're (probably) not all going to die: "Neither of these objects has a chance of hitting Earth," says NASA.

[A Palestinian woman reads from the Qu'ran in Nablus, the West Bank, on Sunday. Ramadan, the Islamic holy month, began a little more than a week ago and ends in early September. Pic via AP.]

Sam Rockwell puts forth a Tour de Force performance in this 2009 film as the sole occupier of the moon. Alone for three years, he begins questioning his mental health with the appearance of a new visitor.

President Obama is on a roll lately. He gave a sassy State of the Union and then he embarrassed House Republicans on TV and now he is agreeing with us that Space is Not Worth it.