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

The company’s Starship rocket, which has suffered a series of recent test explosions, is still years away from being ready ...

Three missions aimed at observing space weather are set to launch Sept. 23 from Florida. Here's what to know about NASA's IMAP and more.

The Moon, our constant celestial companion, is drifting away from Earth at a slow but measurable rate. According to a ...

The moon's gravity causes high and low tides, something known as the tidal force. As the tidal force shifts Earth's mass, it ...

There will be four eclipses this year, two solar and two lunar, but only the lunar eclipses will be total. Moreover, there will be 12 full moons this year, when lunar eclipses can occur, and 12 new ...

Erin Sutton, flight dynamics model validation lead for NASA’s Dragonfly mission, visited to the Laboratory for Computational ...

Stargazers in the U.S. will witness the razor-thin waning crescent moon rise close to Venus and the bright star Regulus in the predawn sky on Sept. 19, while others will see the lunar disk pass ...

So do China and Russia. Here’s what you need to know about America’s new lunar-energy race ...

Data may challenge and reshape current models of solar wind evolution. A recent study led by Dr. Michael Starkey of the ...

Saturn’s moon Enceladus has long dazzled scientists with its icy plumes that spew water and mysterious organic molecules into space, fueling hopes of a habitable ocean beneath. But new experiments ...

This hasn't always been the case. If we take the current rate of recession and project it backwards, the Moon collides with ...