China has fired a precision laser across 80,778 miles (130,000 km) of space in broad daylight, bounced it off a satellite ...

The China National Space Administration (CNSA) has recently opened access to its precious Chang'e-5 moon rock samples to ...

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Once in a blue moon. Moonstruck. We could go on and on with the green-cheesy moon idioms to describe this shot, but let's just call this cool snap FLORIDA TODAY's latest Photo of the Week.

A “city killer” asteroid experts feared was on a crash course with Earth is now expected to miss the planet — but it still has a chance of smashing into the moon. Asteroid 2024 YR4 ...

Multiple spacecraft captured the moon's shadow sweeping across North America at more than 1,500 mph during the 2024 total solar eclipse, as millions of people looked up to witness totality.

Earth's planetary defense community leapt into ... its powerful gaze towards the asteroid last month, the chance of a moon shot is now at 3.8%, NASA said. "There is still a 96.2% chance that ...

No lunar glow, no "Man in the Moon" – just an endless, dark sky. If Earth's companion of 4.5 billion-years suddenly vanished without a trace, what would happen to our home planet? Article ...

The Moon is, very slowly, moving away from the Earth and one day, it's going to impact time as we know it. The reason why it's been gradually pulling away from our planet is all because of gravity and ...

Soil From the Moon's Far Side Suggests Drier Conditions Than the Side Facing Earth CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Soil and rocks returned from the moon’s mysterious far side suggest it may be ...