One of the oldest unsolved riddles in planetary science concerns the origin of the moon. Over a century ago, George Darwin ...

This means that the lunar regolith could still hold a very long-term record of Earth's atmospheric history, which in turn ...

As a superpower Space Race II speeds up, the U.S. needs to launch a national emergency campaign to beat China in landing ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar visitor, reaches its closest approach to Earth on Dec 19 at about 167 million miles - visible ...

Learn how nitrogen and helium end up in lunar soil, and why this helps us understand planetary habitability.

'No matter what your traditions are, someone is going to break them.' ...

The moon is getting smaller.

The moon's surface may be more than just a dusty, barren landscape. Over billions of years, tiny particles from Earth's ...

Firefly plans to launch its lander toward the moon’s South Pole by the end of 2026. Assuming it arrives in one piece, the ...

There are two small moons in orbit around Mars today, but both may be remnants of a much larger moon that had enough of a ...

While not harmful to humans, the moon snail is a predator that uses slow and methodical processes to consume clams and other ...

On Dec. 11, 1972, Apollo 17 landed on the moon, the final Apollo lunar landing.