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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons on the lunar far side. That’s good news ...

China is preparing an ambitious lunar mission to explore the Moon’s south pole. The mission, set for 2026, includes a robotic "flyer detector" designed to search for water. Scientists believe ...

Oxygen isotope identity of the Earth and Moon with implications for the formation of the Moon and source of volatiles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 2024; 121 (52) DOI: 10.1073 ...

The dark skies during a new moon provide ideal conditions for spotting skywatching targets that would otherwise be outshined by moonlight. The next new moon will occur on Thursday, Feb. 27 at 7:45 ...

The next and first full moon of the year, also known as the Wolf Moon, will be in peak view on Monday. January's full moon will reach peak illumination at 5:27 p.m. ET on Monday, according to NASA.

These observations prompted Mario Sucerquia, an astrophysicist at France's Grenoble Alpes University, and colleagues to investigate whether moon rings could be stable at all. A 2022 study ...

As 2025 begins, so comes the first full moon of the year. 2025's first full moon will be the last of four consecutive supermoons, according to NASA. But it's a pretty eventful lunar phase.

The organization said that more than 90 important sites on the moon could risk destruction if space tourism is left unregulated. By Zachary Small For years, the World Monuments Fund has sought to ...