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

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

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 ...

See the epic view of the moon and Earth captured by the Orion spacecraft ahead of its outbound powered flyby. Credit: NASA / time-lapsed by Space.com's Steve Spaleta Music: Kepler's Hope by Year of th ...

The moon, Venus and bright star Regulus will form a rare conjunction in the pre-dawn sky on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025, with an ...

The Earth eclipses the moon in this time-lapsed view from Firefly's Blue Ghost moon lander. Credit: Firefly Aerospace ...

A cryogenics company called Bluefors needs ten thousand liters of helium-3 from the Moon to be delivered each year from 2028 ...

Bluefors leads the market with the most extensive installed base worldwide, having delivered over 1,500 dilution refrigerators and more than 15,000 cryocoolers to date. This collaboration will ...

Explaining the phenomenon, scientists noted that a total lunar eclipse occurs when the Sun, Earth, and Moon align in a ...

September's full moon, the last of the summer, is this week. Known as the corn moon, it will coincide with a total lunar eclipse, turning the moon a deep red — a phenomenon often called a blood moon.

People in the Eastern Hemisphere may see Earth’s shadow pass over the lunar surface, covering our world’s natural satellite in a flush of red. By Katrina Miller Katrina Miller has previously reported ...

September's full moon is this weekend — and it will be a total lunar eclipse, also known as a "blood moon." Lunar eclipses typically occur twice a year thanks to the moon's tilted orbit. Here's how ...