The nights following Sept. 12 are a great time to observe the shifting play of light over the vast Montes Apenninus mountain ...

As of Friday, Sept. 12, the moon phase is Waning Gibbous, and it is 71% lit up to us on Earth, according to NASA's Daily Moon ...

A lunar crater, immortalized in one of the most famous photos ever taken, is playing a key role in the search for extraterrestrial life in our solar system. Known for its prominent appearance in the ...

When the Chang’e-4 mission landed in the Von Karman crater on January 3, 2019, China became the first and only country to land on the far side of the moon — the side that always faces away from Earth.

Analysis of previously untouched preserved core samples from the mysterious 'Light Mantle' landslide shed light on what ...

Target of probe changed to boost chance of finding water ice on moon. Sept. 29, 2009— -- NASA's LCROSS spacecraft, which is set to collide with the moon next week, has switched its targeted ...

The 60-meter asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 4 percent chance of hitting the moon. Could such a lunar collision create a dangerous ...

The International Astronomical Union has named a lunar crater–the “Henson Crater”– after Dr. Matthew Alexander Henson, an extraordinary explorer who journeyed to Earth’s North Pole. He led several ...

Using images and thermal data collected by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), Southwest Research Institute scientists and their collaborators have calculated the ages of large lunar craters ...

Intuitive Machines’ robotic spacecraft landed in a crater 250 meters from its intended landing site on the moon and wound up on its side, the company said Friday, ending the company’s second lunar ...

REVISE THE ARTEMIS CAMPAIGN IN JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS. INTUITIVE MACHINES IS SET TO LAUNCH FROM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. THE LUNAR LANDER WILL BE A RESOURCE TO SEARCH FOR WATER BENEATH THE MOON’S SURFACE ...

When we first developed telescopes, we started using them on the ground. Humanity was yet to master powered flight, you see, to say nothing of going beyond into space. As technology developed, we ...