October will begin with a lunar standout: the first of three consecutive supermoons. Supermoons appear slightly larger and ...

The shocking discovery of hematite on the Moon was made a few years ago. Hematite forms from the oxidation of iron, a process ...

Scientists measure the distance to the Moon by bouncing lasers off mirrors placed there by space probes and astronauts.

For researchers at the University of Idaho, spotting a moon 6 miles wide orbiting Uranus, a staggering 1.8 billion miles from Earth, may actually be easier than finding a white cat in a snowstorm. A t ...

We typically think of the Moon as an isolated rock in space, a quarter million miles from here. It’s a barren place, once described by Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin as “magnificent desolation.” ...

And we don't make you work six and a half days a week, 12 hours a day." Kemp also accused Firefly Aerospace of sending Astra ...

The month is packed with skywatching highlights—including two galaxies visible to the naked eye and a rare glimpse of the ...

For researchers at the University of Idaho, spotting a moon 6 miles wide orbiting Uranus, a staggering 1.8 billion miles from ...

The Moon plays a critical role in reconstructing Earth’s history. Because our planet’s oldest surface layers have been erased ...

When Apollo 17 astronauts collected a small rock from the moon more than 50 years ago, they had no way of knowing it would ...

President Trump's policy in his second term has blazed a new American trail in space — and spawned an urgent race with China ...

The first mission of the program, Artemis I, lifted off on November 16, 2022. The uncrewed flight to test the equipment was, ...