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

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

Earth has a newly discovered—albeit temporary—companion in its journey around the sun. In research published this month in ...

Astronomers are observing asteroid 2024 YR4. It may hit the Moon in 2032. A lunar impact could send debris toward Earth. This ...

The newly discovered asteroid is expected to tag along on the Earth's path around the sun for another 60 years.

Scientists are taking precautions against Asteroid 2024 YR4, which might hit the Moon in 2032. Instead of the usual plan to ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 poses a small risk to Earth but higher chance of striking the Moon, prompting nuclear defence discussions.

NASA is preparing for the Artemis II mission, aiming to launch humans beyond low-Earth orbit in early 2026, after over five ...

Wind from Earth is causing the Moon to rust - New findings indicate a long-term material exchange between Earth and the Moon ...

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 ...

Over six missions, 12 astronauts explored the lunar surface, collecting samples and conducting experiments that deepened our ...

The 10 astronaut candidates, six of them women, will begin two years of training before becoming eligible for missions to low ...