Apollo 12's pinpoint landing, resilient teamwork, and decades of enduring data prove how one stormy launch reshaped the science of precision exploration. When Apollo 12 lifted off from Cape Kennedy on ...

NASA’s lunar orbiter has just revealed a small, previously unseen impact scar on the Moon, a subtle feature that was hiding in plain sight on a surface already crowded with craters. The discovery, ...

Scientists from Oxford University finally explain why some Moon rocks show intense ancient magnetism. Titanium-rich rocks caused brief bursts in the lunar magnetic field.

The first science fiction novel about man on the Moon was written in Greek by a writer named Lucian of Samosata 2,000 years ago ...

The moon is chock-full of Earth’s history. Elements from our planet’s atmosphere have made their way into moon dust, also called regolith, on a pathway created by the Earth’s magnetic field. These ...

NASA is overhauling and accelerating Artemis, its program to send astronauts back to the moon, the head of the space agency announced Friday. The agency is aiming to launch more often, more closely ...

Hidden lava tunnels on the Moon and Mars could one day shelter human explorers, offering natural protection from radiation and space debris. A European research team has unveiled a bold new mission ...

There will be blood (moon). Earth’s last total lunar eclipse for two years will result in a spooky red “blood moon” that will be visible from New York on Tues. Mar. 3 — weather permitting, of course.

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Earth’s shadow temporarily draped the moon in a copper hue before sunrise on Tuesday. By Katrina Miller Katrina Miller has previously reported on three solar eclipses and four lunar eclipses. Update: ...

It's already a great month for skygazers, with a trio of meteor showers and the return of the northern hemisphere winter constellations. Tonight, it also features the second of four supermoons in a ...