A tiny asteroid loitering in a near-Earth orbit for a few months last year may have an intriguing origin on our moon. Its ...

A research team has discovered another piece in the puzzle of the formation of the Moon and water on Earth. The prevailing theory was that the Moon was the result of a collision between the early ...

A research team from the University of Göttingen and the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) has discovered ...

So I grabbed my camera, ran outside, and looked up just as Mars was supposed to emerge from the Moon's curved horizon. Seen ...

The study suggests that the Moon likely formed largely from Earth's mantle material — with minimal involvement from Theia.

Scientists have uncovered an extraordinary phenomenon: the Moon is rusting. This unexpected development is baffling because ...

These changes in appearance are the phases of the moon. As the moon orbits Earth, it cycles through eight distinct phases. The four primary phases of the moon (new moon, first quarter, full moon ...

Tonight (Jan. 13), bright Mars will disappear behind the full Wolf Moon for several hours before reappearing on the other ...

This is when the moon reveals its full dayside to Earth. The moon will appear full for around three days. Mars won't become invisible, but it will be covered up by the moon after shining brightly.

(Starship is expected to need its propellant topped off multiple times as it sits in Earth orbit before it can complete a moon mission.) Whether all these missions squeeze onto the 2025 calendar ...