The moon's ascending node (the point in the sky where its orbit crosses the ecliptic from south to north) is moving westward ...

Blue Origin's famed New Shepard spacecraft simulated the moon's low gravity on board its capsule during a brief flight ...

New research shows that a pair of grand canyons were carved into the Moon's surface in barely 10 minutes when an asteroid ...

Villagomez was gifted the ball by Alan Shepard, the first American astronaut to fly into space, fifth human to walk on the ...

Projectiles flying faster than bullets from a blast 130 times bigger than the global nuclear stockpile helped form giant lunar canyons, according to a new study.

Though 2025 won't mark the return of astronauts into deep space as NASA had hoped, launchpads still will be scorching-hot ...

The Kremlin dismissed the head of Russia's space agency on Thursday after a tenure of less than three years scarred by the ...

They were dug out by debris sent violently aloft when an asteroid or comet struck the lunar surface 3.8 billion years ago.

The call today is for binding rules to protect the orbits of Earth, Moon, and Mars from space debris contamination. Initiatives need to be formulated for effective, sustainable, and equitable ...

Humans are inching closer to living beyond Earth, but sustaining life on the moon or Mars requires a critical resource: water ...

China plans to send a flying robot to the far side of the moon next year to search for the frozen water that could hold the ...

The Kremlin has replaced the head of Russia's space agency after a series of setbacks, including a failed moon mission that ...