For the past week, an uncrewed lunar lander has been journeying through outer space on a 60-day mission to the moon on behalf ...

Earth's temporary asteroid friend last year was a chunk of its real moon that had been blasted into space thousands of years ...

The asteroid is about 33 feet (10 meters) across and poses no danger to Earth. It joins another known lunar asteroid ...

NASA's Artemis program goal of establishing a human presence on Earth's moon is closer than ever to becoming a reality within ...

After years of delays, NASA’s Artemis missions to the Moon commenced in a big way more than two years ago, starting with the ...

Scientists think a small rock discovered near Earth last August was hurled into space by an ancient impact on the lunar surface.

Blue Ghost's final descent to the Moon is tentatively scheduled for March 2. The target landing site is in Mare Crisium, an ...

When it comes to sending humans back to the moon, knowing how to work with the regolith that coats the ground will be make-or ...

What is the moon phase today? Today, Jan. 22, 2025, the moon is 23 days old, in the Waning Crescent phase of its lunar cycle. It is 40% illuminated. Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the ...

Inside a giant sphere, the engineers pored over their equipment. Before them stood a silvery metal contraption swathed in colourful wires – a box that they hope will one day make oxygen on the moon.

Late on March 13 and on into the early hours of March 14 the moon will turn a spooky red color in the skies above the U.S.

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