Scientists have studied the moon's surface for decades to help piece together its complex geological and evolutionary history ...

A chunk of space rock that visited near Earth's orbit last year was widely called a "mini-moon," a nickname that was more ...

Of the moon, we always see a hemisphere and a little more because its rotation is synchronous and blocked by the tide. This means that one lunar rotation on its axis corresponds to the time of ...

For a brief, but exciting, time last year, Earth had two moons. A small asteroid lingered close to our planet in its orbit ...

Blue Ghost, a lunar lander carrying 10 NASA instruments, successfully executed its first main engine burn as part of its ...

Scientists think a small rock discovered near Earth last August was hurled into space by an ancient impact on the lunar surface.

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 impact thousands of years ago.

"Our analysis, while it shows the temperature reduction during the months of the lockdown, also reveals that the downward trend in temperatures began as far back as 2019, and that other similar trends ...

The next full moon will be on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. It will officially reach its full moon phase at ... due to the moon's rotation. Only when the moon, Earth and the sun are perfectly aligned ...

The small near-Earth asteroid 2024 PT5 has been creating a buzz among researchers. Discovered last year with the help of a ...