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 ...

The South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported that the proposed lunar radio telescope array would feature 7,200 ...

Venus will pass between the Earth and sun at 9 p.m. EDT on Saturday, but people likely won't be able to see the conjunction ...

A team of geologists at the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, the Institute of Space Sciences and the Shandong ...

For decades, scientists have pieced together the moon’s history using samples from its near side, collected during NASA’s Apollo missions. But then in May 2024, China’s Chang’e 6 mission touched down ...

The spacecraft carried out the longest commercial operation on the moon to date—and also made history during its rare chance ...

As the vernal equinox approaches on March 20, 2025, the night sky comes alive with a dazzling mix of celestial events, ...

The Space Coast set a new record in 2024 with 93 launches from all providers, building off the 72 orbital missions flown in 2023. With SpaceX’s continued pace, more launches from United Launch ...

The first total lunar eclipse in more than two years lit up the sky last night as humanity, forever fascinated with the Earth ...

As the moon controls the way we think and make decisions, it plays a big part in the way we take care of ourselves.

As the Full Worm Moon rose overnight, skywatchers across the Americas turned their eyes — and their cameras — toward the sky.