With no atmosphere to slow it down, asteroid 2024 YR4 could carve a 1-km-wide crater—the largest fresh lunar scar in 5,000 ...

The halo was first glimpsed in 1972 when Apollo 16 astronauts placed an ultraviolet camera developed by Dr. George Carruthers on the Moon.

Artemis III is planned for 2027. If it stays on schedule, that's the mission that will put humans back on the moon for the first time in 55 years. The crew plans to touch down in one of 13 planned ...

The Moon is rusting — and it’s Earth’s fault. Scientists have found that oxygen particles blown from Earth to the Moon can ...

For years, scientists have treated the Moon as a relic — a silent witness to the Solar System’s ancient past, geologically ...

Lunar minerals generate the rust mineral hematite when bombarded with high-energy oxygen particles, experiments show.

Asteroid 2024 YR4 caused quite a stir last year when it was discovered and originally calculated to have a 3% chance of ...

Astronomers have discovered landslides on the Moon triggered by geological activity under the lunar surface. A team from ...

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 ...

During Blue Ghost operations within the Moon’s Mare Crisium, temperatures peaked at 230°F during lunar noon, the hottest part of the lunar day, and quickly dropped to -275°F during a five-hour solar ...

President Trump’s proposed NASA budget looks to drop 41 science missions including 19 that are operational in space. The new ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 currently has a 4% chance of smashing into the Moon in about seven years. Astronomers are already working ...