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

Data collected by NASA's InSight lander suggest that ancient internal processes are responsible for the "Martian dichotomy" ...

A private lunar lander has captured and sent back breathtaking footage of the far side of the Moon, offering a rare glimpse ...

Shepard, famously stern and severe, returned home from his visit to the Fra Mauro lunar highlands to move right back into his old post as chief of the Astronaut Office at NASA. Joking about how ...

Most nights, if the moon is clear, the celestial body hovering in the night sky shines with a bright silvery aura. It can be a fetching sight, especially when the moon is full and unobscured by ...

A private spacecraft carrying NASA instruments to the surface of the moon in preparation for astronauts to return in the years ahead has reached lunar orbit about a month into its spaceflight.

The reflectivity of the asteroid’s surface best matches material from the Lunar Highlands, or the bright, rough terrain on most of the moon’s surface, he said. If scientists can link lunar ...

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After the space agency canceled its VIPER rover, an empty space was available on a private spacecraft that will still head to the lunar surface. By Kenneth Chang It’s like a confusing game of ...

There will be precipitation in the Western Washington lowlands this weekend, but whether or not it is snow is still debatable. A big ridge of high pressure off the coast is steering weather ...