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 ...

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

So the bottom line is that the gravity of the closer tidal bulge on the Earth is pulling the Moon forward, which increases ...

As a symbol, the Moon did not have an easily decipherable meaning – which encouraged medieval people to read it in playful ...

The next partial solar eclipse is on the same day as September's new moon: Sept. 21. During a solar eclipse, the moon casts a ...

Astronomers are considering blowing up the “city killer” asteroid, estimated to have a small chance of crashing onto the Moon ...

The moon is near new phase this week, and clearer skies and cooler overnight temperatures means that this is also an optimum ...

NASA on Monday introduced the 10 people who will join the agency’s astronaut corps as it races to return humans to the moon.

NASA says it will send four astronauts to the Moon and back over the course of ten days to 'test systems' needed for future ...

The VIPER mission is wrapped up in NASA’s Artemis program, and while this is largely focused on moon exploration, Artemis ...

A full moon lunar eclipse happens in three phases. The first phase is the penumbral phase when the Moon starts to enter Earth ...

Faint hydrogen signals from the cosmic Dark Ages may soon help determine the mass of dark matter particles. Simulations suggest future Moon-based observatories could distinguish between warm and cold ...