The Blue Ghost spacecraft, named for a species of firefly, took eclipse chasing to new heights. Not only did it see the Earth block the Sun from an unexplored location on the Moon, but the lander fell ...

New research from scientists with the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences and published in the journal Science found that ...

A groundbreaking high-resolution image of the Moon has been captured by Darya Kawa Mirza, a Kurdish astrophotographer, who ...

A startup company wants to establish mining operations on the moon to extract a rare isotope needed for future quantum ...

After recently landing at the Moon’s Mare Crisium, Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander craft was treated to a spectacle that’s rarely observed: a total solar eclipse as seen from ...

Scientists found that some slopes on the Moon stay cold enough to hold ice. This could expand water sources for future space ...

For the first time in history, a privately operated lunar lander has captured images of a total eclipse from the Moon’s surface. Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander, which successfully touched down ...

The event marks the first time a commercial company has been able to actively operate on the moon and observe a total solar eclipse.

and beamed home another image after its touchdown on the lunar surface. Now, Firefly has shared an image of the Sun rising from the Moon’s perspective as captured by its lunar lander on Monday.

It carried a vacuum to suck up moon dirt for analysis and a drill to measure temperature as deep as 10 feet below the surface. Also on board: a device for eliminating abrasive lunar dust -- a ...

"Our Blue Ghost lunar lander now has a permanent home on the lunar surface with 10 NASA payloads and a plaque with every Firefly employee’s name." 'Literally, figuratively over the moon ...