Long before the full moon rises, shifting sunlight transforms the lunar surface into one of the sky's best telescope targets.

Lunar Outpost has unveiled designs for a new Pegasus moon rover for a 2028 launch — but the Colorado-based company isn't ...

Stupid question, but …” is a weekly column answering the not-so-stupid questions that, at this point, we’re all too afraid to ...

The Moon has long been the Earth's close companion, but researchers have struggled to understand exactly when the moon formed, because tiny crystals in the moon rocks brought home by astronauts ...

The Moon is almost full.

The moon is getting less and less visible each night, and it won't be long before we see nothing at all. The moon is looking a little darker right now due to where we are in the lunar cycle, a series ...

With a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean on Friday evening, the epic Artemis II moon mission came to an end. Americans have been tracking the progress of the four astronauts — commander Reid Wiseman, ...

NASA has unveiled early details of its Artemis III mission, which in 2027 could send astronauts to Earth orbit to set the ...

The moon may seem like a cold, lifeless rock. But how cold does it actually get on the lunar surface? What is the temperature of the moon? Actually, it's not that cold — at least, not all the time. As ...

We live in a brand new era for lunar activities. With over 100 payloads from around the globe planned to visit the Moon by 2030, our closest natural satellite will soon see a flurry of activity like ...

Story Jeffrey Kluger Humanity has changed an awful lot in the past 58 Years. The moon? Not so much. It was in 1968 that astronauts first drew near the moon, and it will be early this year, if all goes ...