Astronomers are ready to search for the fingerprints of life in faraway planetary atmospheres. But first, they need to know ...

This week, a small but significant probe — Lunar Trailblazer — will begin a two-year journey to map water on the Moon. The findings ... scattered across its surface, even beyond the ice ...

The coming decades promise groundbreaking advancements in space exploration, with multiple missions targeting the Moon, Mars ...

Experiments suggest that processes in the interior of the moon could keep it swathed in an atmosphere that should otherwise ...

Chandrayaan-3 has discovered potential widespread ice deposits beneath the Moon's surface, especially near the poles. Significant temperature variations are crucial in ice formation. This ...

In 2005, an alien probe flew through the hazy and cold atmosphere of Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, and landed on the world's surface. That spacecraft -- named the Huygens probe -- was sent ...

Blue Ghost was set to be joined on the moon’s surface by another spacecraft, the Athena lander from Intuitive Machines, but problems with the landing caused that craft to come down on its side ...

NEWS CONTINUES. A NEW LUNAR LANDER WILL TAKE NASA TECHNOLOGY ON A MISSION TO SEARCH FOR WATER BENEATH THE MOON’S SURFACE. THIS COMES AS THE AGENCY IS SET TO SEND ASTRONAUTS BACK TO THE MOON.

On Sunday morning, a spacecraft built by Firefly Aerospace softly touched down on the surface of the Moon, making the Texas-based startup the second private company in history to pull off the feat.

Earth and sun caused the moon to appear with a striking red glow. But from the lunar surface, the effect would have been reminiscent of the total solar eclipse many Americans witnessed in April 2024.