Once upon a starlit evening in December 2024, astronomers discovered something small, fast and potentially very rude hurtling ...

Mercury and Venus, the two closest planets to the sun, are the only two planets in the solar system that don't have any moons at all, although Mercury does resemble our Moon with its crater ...

Limited by the light-gathering power of their instruments, amateurs mostly observed bright objects, like the craters of the Moon, the satellites ... Johannes Kepler, who discovered that planets ...

How can nanosatellites help advance lunar exploration and settlement? This is what a recent study presented at the 56th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference hopes to address as a team of researchers ...

The wild-looking wheels, which can withstand extreme temperatures and conquer craters, will be used on a lunar rover. We spoke with Michelin's Cyrille Roget, who detailed the development process ...

Michelin has developed what looks like a tire but is actually a wheel that's capable of surviving the moon's harsh environment. The wild-looking wheels, which can withstand extreme temperatures and ...

In a revelation that could reshape plans for living on the Moon, scientists have uncovered troubling news hidden deep within its darkest craters. A fresh analysis of satellite scans by researchers ...

A lava field can be seen with the Pioneer Mountains in the background on April 29, 2024, at Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve near Arco. On May 2, 1924, President Calvin Coolidge ...