NASA’s Psyche spacecraft skimmed past Mars in a precision flyby that helped catapult it deeper into space toward its ultimate ...

To begin with — there is no “dark side of the moon,” a phrase I heard repeatedly during the recent epic flight of Artemis II ...

A hidden crater in South Korea may hold clues to one of the biggest turning points in Earth’s history: the rise of oxygen. Scientists discovered fossil-like stromatolites — layered structures built by ...

Distance from Earth (logarithmic scale) - Moon 1 mi 10 mi 100 mi 1,000 mi 10,000 mi 100,000 mi Moon 1M mi 10M mi 100M mi 1B ...

A study suggests that the ice giant's largest moon, Triton, made a dramatic entrance to the Neptunian system long ago, ...

Neptune's mysterious, far-flung moon Nereid may be the last of the planet's original companions. Scientists at the California ...

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

Look west after sunset on May 21 to see the crescent moon shining alongside the Beehive Cluster in the constellation Cancer, ...

Permanently shadowed craters have long interested scientists. Could a new laser system help future spacecraft navigate the ...

Moon gazing is back tonight.

Placing ultrastable lasers inside some of the coldest, darkest lunar craters could help scientists establish a GPS-like ...

Earth has a group of cosmic stalkers. Known as "co-orbitals," these small bits of rock have a 1:1 mean motion resonance with ...