The lunar heart, created by the interplay of light and shadow, is visible once a month, just before our satellite reaches ...

In groundbreaking experiments, carbothermal reduction fuels new possibilities for sustaining life and fueling spacecraft far ...

Two Grand Canyon-size features on the far side of the moon were likely formed in about 10 minutes after an unknown object ...

Ahead of Valentine's Day, prepare to be dazzled by the lunar heart, created by the interplay of light and shadow on our Moon.

The moon's Schrödinger impact basin near the south pole holds two grand canyons formed by an enormous asteroid collision 3.8 ...

Scientists studying Saturn's icy moon, Enceladus, have discovered that its ocean forms layers that slow the upward movement ...

NASA has estimated that there are between 1 - 3 million tons of helium-3 on the moon’s surface, which could open a new ...

The call today is for binding rules to protect the orbits of Earth, Moon, and Mars from space debris contamination. Initiatives need to be formulated for effective, sustainable, and equitable ...

Last year, a study led by planetary scientist Richard Cartwright at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in ...

New measurements indicate that the moon formed from material ejected from the Earth's mantle with little contribution from Theia. In addition, the findings support the idea that water could have ...

An asteroid that orbited near Earth for a few months as a mini-moon may be a chunk of the moon that was blasted off by an ...

Now, scientists believe that they have figured it out. Two huge canyons scored into the surface of the Moon were created in ...