Looking up at the moon in the night sky, it’s difficult to grasp just how dramatic the topography of its surface really is.

As NASA astronauts aim for landings in 2027, geologists find surprises in recently retrieved samples from the far ...

Meet Grace, the brave hopper robot that’s designed to jump into the darkest depths of the Moon, providing never-before-seen ...

Two such lunar canyons, Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck, stretch over 270 km (168 miles) each, with depths of 2.7 km ...

Many photos McCarthy has taken of the space station in the past show the ship as a silhouette in Earth's shadow. This time he ...

However, gravity anomaly reflects all anomalous material during the whole Moon’s interior, and its vertical structure ... bessel; LM, le monnier crater; LS, somniorum; PO, posidonius. The black lines ...

The full moon of February, known as the Snow Moon, will reach peak illumination in the eastern U.S. at 8:53 a.m. EST (1353 GMT) on Feb. 12, three days after it occults Mars. The full moon occurs ...

If scientists can link lunar asteroids to specific craters on the moon, the space rocks could reveal more about material on the lunar surface, as well as below it. So far, 2024 PT5 is just the ...

February's full moon seems perfectly named for Michigan in 2025. The Snow Moon will rise over Michigan in mid-February. The National Weather Service snowfall report website notes lake effect snow ...

At 7:36 a.m. EST, today is every stargazer’s favorite moment of the month — the new moon. This lunar phase sees the moon roughly between the Earth and the sun, making the moon invisible but ...

Here's a full moon fun fact: The February 2025 full moon will be the smallest one of the year. It's the reverse phenomenon of a supermoon, when the full moon appears extra large as it rises over ...