The next astronauts to walk near the Moon’s south pole will bring drills, rovers, spacesuits—and an unavoidable piece of ...

Every day, meteorites ranging from microscopic dust grains to the occasional asteroid slam into the Moon. Each impact ...

The system is outlined in a recent study, and it’s a lot more complex than one would think. Gateway and other spacecraft ...

Moon dust contains an ancient cosmic record, and a new mathematical model could help scientists read the stardust buried deep ...

Last night's near-total lunar eclipse did not disappoint. In the second and final lunar eclipse of the year, our natural ...

NASA scientists found that microbes brought by astronauts could survive in cold, shadowed niches around the Moon’s South Pole ...

August’s full sturgeon moon will align with a partial lunar eclipse this week. Observers across North and South America will ...

Researchers have found that some Earth microbes may be able to withstand conditions inside the Moon’s darkest regions.

Researchers have uncovered more than a thousand previously unknown tectonic ridges across the Moon’s dark plains, showing the Moon is still contracting and reshaping itself. These features are among ...

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Snapped on August 23, 1966, by the uncrewed Lunar Orbiter 1, the photo’s legacy lives on in the breathtaking images of Earth ...