A new study has uncovered evidence that the moon is still geologically active, contradicting previous beliefs that its ...

A vast impact crater near the moon’s south pole was formed by an ... but doing so for sure would require up-close investigation. “The ultimate proof would be someone bringing back a rock ...

NASA has plans to launch the first deep space station for humans to live long-term. Is it a necessary step to Mars?

That’s a NASA program in which the space agency teams up with American ... A spacecraft will circle the moon to remotely map different forms of water on the lunar surface. Type of craft ...

Private space company Firefly is guiding its Blue Ghost lander through space to attempt its first moon landing March 2, 2025. Credit: Firefly Aerospace A robotic spacecraft has beamed home crisp ...

The moon is so active because it orbits close ... sending up an ‘endless series of lava plumes and ash venting into its atmosphere from the estimated 400 volcanoes that riddle its surface ...

The Grand Canyon in Arizona is one of Earth's natural wonders, carved out over millions of years by the gradual erosion power of the Colorado River. Close to the moon's south pole are two canyons each ...

“As much as we’ve studied the moon, as much as we’ve looked at it, our knowledge of what the surface looks like up close is pretty limited to orbital imagery. So we don’t know in advance w ...

Tonight is your last chance to see the pair make a close approach ... quarters of its surface is illuminated. It is transitioning into February's "Snow Moon" which will light up the night sky ...

Also, material from deep below the lunar surface—in the form of asteroids passing close to Earth—may be accessible to future scientists to study. "This is a story about the moon as told by ...

Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the night sky. Some nights when we look up at the moon ... "This is as close as we come to seeing the sun's illumination of the entire day side of ...

An asteroid that orbited near Earth for a few months as a mini-moon may be a chunk of the moon that was blasted off by an impact thousands of years ago.