As Firefly Aerospace prepared to close out a two-week mission on the moon, its lander had one final gift to beam home: the first high-definition images of a lunar sunset.

Firefly’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 set a new benchmark for commercial lunar exploration, lasting longer than any previous private mission and delivering 10 NASA instruments to the Moon. The mission ...

China’s Chang’e 6 mission uncovers evidence of a molten lunar magma ocean and a violent ancient impact.

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

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A total lunar eclipse will be viewable in all of the lower 48 states on the night of Thursday, March 13, into Friday, March 14. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth is positioned between ...

"We are able to measure the local dark matter density using direct acceleration measurements for the first time." Dark matter, widely known as the universe's most mysterious stuff, is rarer on ...

A private company launched another lunar lander Wednesday (February 26, 2025), aiming to get closer to the moon’s south pole this time with a drone that will hop into a jet-black crater that ...

Two robotic landers, one from the United States and the other from Japan, are currently in transit toward the moon — and a third has just joined them. The latest contender is a standout ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A private company launched another lunar lander Wednesday, aiming to get closer to the moon’s south pole ...

A dishwasher-sized NASA satellite was launched into space from Florida on Wednesday to identify places on the moon's surface where water exists — for example, in the permanently shadowed ...

The next lunar lander to make its way to the moon is set to begin its voyage Wednesday night with a launch from Florida's Space Coast. The spacecraft, built and operated by Intuitive Machines ...