But Curiosity wasn't the only one with a geological mystery. At the same time, roughly 2,300 miles away on the other side of ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has encountered another rock on Mars that has left scientists puzzled.

When the moon falls into Earth's shadow Thursday night ... of material in the lunar regolith, which is made up of rocks, small particles and dust. The size and composition of the rocks affect ...

Texas-based space company Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander has become the second private spacecraft in history to softly touch down on the Moon's surface. Firefly's car-sized lander touched ...

A sample return mission on the moon's near side in 2020 yields nearly 4 pounds (1.7 kilograms) of lunar rocks and dirt. Another sample return mission from the far side in 2024 delivers rocks and soil ...

A sample return mission on the moon’s near side in 2020 yields nearly 4 pounds (1.7 kilograms) of lunar rocks and dirt. Another sample return mission from the far side in 2024 delivers rocks and ...

The country’s previous lander — 1976’s Luna 24 — not only landed, but returned moon rocks to Earth. After its first lander slams into the moon in 2019, India regroups and launches Chandrayaan-3 (Hindi ...

CEDAR PARK, Texas — Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost 1 lunar lander touched down on the surface of the moon March 2 ... The landing location also has few rocks on or below the surface that ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published in September 2021. We were 30 miles from our East Bay home in Rock City, a maze of towering oddly shaped boulders. Some rose overhead ...

The Chang'e 5 return capsule containing the Earth's newest moon rocks is loaded into a truck. Credit: Xinhua News Agency / Getty Images The newest moon rocks to have landed on Earth are now headed ...