Matthew Shindell, the gallery’s curator, says Peregrine, the Museum’s first commercial lander, “represents a new ... of newly accessioned objects,” says Deborah Parr, a conservator at ...

Golf balls, a word from the queen, and an X-rated drawing by Andy Warhol are just some of the items left behind by astronauts ...

A crescent moon will appear alongside the bright stars Castor and Pollox to form a lopsided grin in the night sky on May 29.

It is the brightest object in the sky next to the sun ... People of other regions have also given the June moon names that represent their seasonal or cultural customs — such as the Europeans ...

The finding could explain the long-running mystery of why the surfaces of the lunar near and far sides are so different.

This month's full moon reaches peak illumination at 12:56 p.m. EDT (17:56 GMT) and is known as the 'Flower Moon' to some in North America and Europe owing to the abundant seasonal wildflower blooms ...

An astronomer based in Japan has captured the moment when an unknown object – believed to be a meteor, and possibly one of the Geminids – struck part of the Moon. The Geminids – first ...

Kareta and members of his team at Lowell Observatory, who study near-Earth asteroids on close orbits, were already observing the object before anyone dubbed it a potential mini-moon. To ensure ...