The craters bear the names of astronomers who revolutionized our understanding of the night sky.

Scientists already knew this could be a doozy. Astronomers previously estimated if 2024 YR4 hits the moon, it could form a ...

It's the Full Moon.

As of Saturday, Jan. 31, the Moon phase is Waxing Gibbous. According to NASA's Daily Moon Guide, 97% of the Moon will be lit ...

Eudoxus, Aristoteles, and Cassini craters are positioned near the lunar terminator during the first quarter moon, allowing their structures to be observed through telescopes tonight.

After full moon, the terminator returns, but this time on the moon's opposite side, where it marks the line of advancing ...

Exhaust from lunar landers drifts across the moon and contaminates ultra-cold polar craters that are rich in ancient ice and ...

NASA Solar System ambassador Charles Fulco, of Rye Brook, teaches elementary school students about the science behind space ...

The asteroid 2024 YR4 was, for a brief time, thought to be on a ...

Ahead of the anticipated launch of the Artemis II mission, catch a glimpse of February’s full moon, called the snow moon.

Only far smaller impacts have been observed directly. In 2013, a meteoroid weighing a few hundred kilograms struck the Moon, ...

There's a bright side to every situation. In 2032, the moon itself might have a particularly bright side if it is blasted by ...