NASA on Tuesday said it was on track to send astronauts to orbit the moon in early 2026, as the United States races China to ...

The permanently shadowed regions of the Moon's south pole are shrouded in mystery. Due to the tilt of the Moon's axis and the characteristics of its orbit and rotation, certain areas of the south pole ...

The new selection of NASA astronauts will spend two years in training before becoming eligible for flight assignments.

Researchers are discussing 2025 PN7, a small celestial body that's following a similar orbital path to our planet's without being gravitationally tied to Earth ...

As of Monday, Sept. 22, the moon phase is Waxing Crescent, and according to NASA's Daily Moon Observation, there's just 1% ...

NASA has estimated that the metals in these asteroids could be worth as much as $10 billion per person, and mining the richest ten asteroids could yield $1.5 trillion. However, the actual extraction ...

The Earth stands alone in the solar system as a habitable world, as far as we know. But that doesn’t mean we don’t get visitors, most often in the form of (usually harmless) asteroids. Some even ...

Every year, the moon, Earth's reliable celestial companion for 4.5 billion years, is getting 1.5 inches away. The distance to ...

Stargazers in the U.S. will witness the razor-thin waning crescent moon rise close to Venus and the bright star Regulus in the predawn sky on Sept. 19, while others will see the lunar disk pass ...

The moon had a fluctuating orbit around the Earth, but recent changes in distance could be caused by the tidal force shifting the planet’s mass.

Due to the influence the Earth plays on the moon’s momentum, the Earth’s rotation slows down in response, as explained by ...