The final act of the Blue Ghost lander's busy two weeks on the moon was to send back sunset shots featuring Earth and Venus.

The spacecraft, about the size of a small car, conducted a series of experiments. It drilled three feet into the lunar soil, took X-ray images of the magnetic bubble that surrounds and protects Earth ...

Out past Neptune are countless small icy and rocky bodies called Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs), and many of these have moons ...

One thing that drives us nuts about any animated fantasy series is that it seems to get into its mythology very slowly.

A space robot said "goodnight" to the moon as it completed its mission, capturing the first high-definition images of a lunar ...

If our 13.8 billion-year-old cosmos could be considered middle-aged, researchers note these new images captured around its ...

A lunar eclipse occurs when the sun, Earth, and moon align so that the moon passes into Earth's shadow. In a total lunar ...

This week, people across the U.S. and parts of Europe and Africa will be treated to the relatively rare spectacle of a "blood moon." The upcoming total lunar eclipse occurs March 13-14 and the ...

This guide will help you photograph an event demonstrating the celestial mechanics of the solar system, as the moon enters Earth's shadow and plunges into a deep-red hue — a perfect ...

A private US company says it has landed a spacecraft close to the Moon's South Pole but fears the machine is not upright. The Athena spacecraft is communicating with Earth, but is not in the "correct ...

I love you to the moon and back.” Among the photos he shared was one of him kissing his daughter’s forehead. Another two photos showed the child with her back to the camera and seated on a ...

Space can be a wondrous place, and we've got the pictures to prove it ... lander has captured a gorgeous shot of sunrise on the moon as it begins its workday on the lunar surface.