A pair of European satellites have created the first artificial solar eclipses by flying in precise and fancy formation, ...

ESA has found a way to make its own solar eclipses more or less on demand and all it took was a pair of robotic spacecraft ...

For over four billion years, the Moon has been orbiting Earth — but where did it come from? The Moon has been a constant ...

Artist's concept of NASA’s Lunar Flashlight, a CubeSat that will use lasers to look for water ice, in a position over the Moon's south pole. Credit: NASA HOUSTON—Among the challenges faced by ...

Much like the American frontier, whoever can reach the land first can plant their flag—and define what houses on the moon ...

By looking through old radar data taken by a probe orbiting the moon, researchers found that a suspicious looking pit close to the Apollo 11 touchdown site isn’t merely a pit, but a lengthy cave ...

Scientists use satellites to mimic a total solar eclipse in space - Scientists said they are thrilled by the preliminary results ...

When Apollo astronauts stumbled across shimmering orange beads on the moon, they had no idea they were gazing at ancient relics of violent volcanic activity. These glass spheres, tiny yet mesmerizing, ...

But first, they need to land a probe on the Moon's surface successfully. In April 2023, their first attempt fell short of that goal after they lost communication with their first lander during the ...

“The solar system is really like somebody picked it up early on and shook it real hard,” Levison says. After launching this October, Lucy will fly by a series of target Trojans from 2027 to 2033.