Get ready for a celestial double treat. The first full moon of the fall season will reach peak illumination in the night sky this weekend — and sky-gazers will also have a chance to spot Saturn. The ...

Scientists have discovered a crater on the moon that's bigger than the Roman Colosseum and is the result of a powerful impact two years ago that initially went undetected. The steep-sided hole—about ...

A newly formed crater on the moon is teaching us about our nearest neighbour’s complex geology. The crater, formed by an asteroid impact in 2024, is the largest that we’ve ever watched form in real ...

A wayward 8,800-pound SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket booster slammed into the moon very early Wednesday in a rare case of a man-made collision with the lunar surface, scientists confirmed. The rocket, which ...

Part of a SpaceX rocket traveling at more than 5,000 miles per hour crashed into the moon early Wednesday morning. The European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope, located at the Paranal ...

The second stage of a Falcon 9 rocket, which sent two private landers to the moon last year, will collide with the moon early Wednesday morning. By Kenneth Chang Humanity is once again littering our ...

WASHINGTON, D.C.—NASA aims to establish a moon base within the next decade, space agency chief Jared Isaacman announced on Tuesday, unveiling a $30-billion plan to establish a permanent human presence ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com. Is the Moon getting farther away from Earth? – ...

Recent photos taken by India’s Space Research Organization moon orbiter, known as Chandrayaan 2, clearly show the Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 landing sites more than 50 years later. The photos were taken ...

Sixty-five years ago, the USSR shocked the world by sending the first robotic emissary from Earth to the Moon. The September 1959 impact of Luna 2 on northeastern Mare Imbrium was a stunning ...

A new study suggests that the moon may be older than many scientists thought. The research suggests that lunar rock samples from the Apollo missions date to an event that melted the moon's surface — ...

You're currently following this author! Click to unsubscribe from email alerts. Landing 12 people on the moon remains one of NASA's greatest achievements, if not the greatest. Astronauts on the Apollo ...