On Sept. 20, 1970, the Soviet Union's Luna 16 moon probe landed on the moon to retrieve a soil sample. Four days later, it ...

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Some observers may have noticed a faint glow illuminating the darker portion of the moon—a phenomenon known as Earthshine or ...

Stargazers in the U.S. will witness the razor-thin waning crescent moon rise close to Venus and the bright star Regulus in ...

The U.S. and China are in a sprint toward manned missions to the lunar surface by the end of this decade, with sights on 2029 ...

NASA is collaborating with the Colorado Army National Guard at its training center in Gypsum to help Artemis astronauts ...

Quantum cryogenics manufacturer Bluefors is betting big on Interlune, a startup that aims to extract Helium-3 from the lunar ...

NASA has selected Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space venture to help it resurrect a mission to send a robotic prospector called ...

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The upgraded Artemis II rocket ensures a smoother, safer ride for the astronauts on their highly anticipated lunar voyage.

On Sept. 18, 1977, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft took a photo of Earth and the moon. It was the first time both the Earth and ...

Daichi Fujii from the Hiratsuka City Museum in Japan captured a meteor impact the moon with multiple telescopes. Credit: ...