Discover interesting facts about how the moon formed, what it's made out of, and the many missions humans have launched to ...

Japan's private Resilience lunar lander captured a nice photo of the moon's south polar region. The probe is gearing up for a ...

On the evening of May 27, the 23-hour-old moon will appear low in the northwestern sky starting about a half-hour after ...

A combination of a dynamo-generated magnetic field and massive impacts could explain the highly magnetized rocks in some ...

The optical illusion occurs because people are used to interpreting shadows as coming from an overhead light source. But that's not necessarily the orientation of spacecraft. In many satellite photos, ...

Using computer simulations, the researchers uncovered a scenario in which an ancient asteroid impact briefly amplified that field, just long enough for nearby rocks to capture and record its magnetic ...

Several issues conspired to bring Athena down, including tough lighting conditions near the moon's south pole.

Experts agree China is a valid threat to NASA's return to the moon plans. Here's why there is a rush to get SLS off the ...

Over the next few weeks, residents across the United States will be able to observe two key lunar phases lighting up the ...

Vermeer has unveiled a full-scale prototype of its Interlune excavator, a machine designed to extract valuable helium – on the Moon.

Our satellite is a little off-balance. GRAIL data show a mass asymmetry of a few percent between its near and far sides.