Soil and rocks returned from the moon's mysterious far side suggest it may be drier than the side constantly facing Earth.

A new image has emerged of the Red Planet rising above the lunar limb after being occulted by the moon in January.

Almost 10 years ago, a NASA spacecraft was able to take several photos of Pluto, known for decades as a planet before it was ...

China is already testing the tech. Bricks made from lunar soil simulants are undergoing durability tests on the Tiangong ...

Saturday night (April 12) brings us the April full moon, which traditionally is known as the "Pink Full Moon." The Native ...

One part of this plan would require increasing the planet’s atmospheric pressure, and one scientist suggests that capturing ...

An instrument aboard the Vikram lander suggests that buried water ice could be found at higher latitudes, making it more abundant and easier to extract than previously believed.

After the Pink Moon, residents will not have to wait long for the next visual spectacle — the Lyrid meteor shower — expected ...

Scientists have long noted differences between the lunar near side and far side. While the near side periodically passes ...

There is no other moon quite like our own in the entire solar system. The Moon is unique in a lot of ways, some of which are ...

A new trail in this southern Arizona city plots the most visitor-friendly astronomy stops—and there are plenty to choose from ...

Furthermore, the findings bolster the theory that the moon formed when a giant, Mars -size protoplanet slammed into the young ...