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

A new moon is when the moon shares the same celestial longitude as the sun; the two bodies are said to be in conjunction.

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

HOUSTON — NASA has introduced its new class of astronaut candidates, some of whom may be among the first people to set foot ...

The newly discovered asteroid is expected to tag along on the Earth's path around the sun for another 60 years.

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

The Moon has, for long, been seen as a dry and almost lifeless world. However, a new discovery has left scientists both ...

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

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 ...

Researchers have found that particles of oxygen from Earth can travel through space and react with iron-rich material on the lunar surface to produce haematite or rust.

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.” ...

A team of researchers has put forth the idea of launching nuclear devices at asteroid 2024 YR4 with a chance of hitting the moon in 2032.