Over 4.6 billion years ago, Earth took shape from a spinning cloud of dust and gas surrounding the young sun. Tiny particles ...

Originally, the hypothesis was that Theia gave the Earth a glancing blow, and the proto-Earth and Theia lost pieces ending up as one or two moons that eventually formed the Moon. It was thought that a ...

Scientists have long noted differences between the lunar near side and far side. While the near side periodically passes ...

The first samples returned from the far side of the Moon suggest it's 10-100 times drier than the side nearer Earth.

This is a still from an animation showing asteroid 2024 YR4 as it passes by Earth and heads toward its potential impact with the Moon. This 3D shape of the asteroid was determined from data obtained ...

NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) continues to make progress toward its Artemis 2 mission planned for next year; SLS is ...

South Carolina Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics held a dedication ceremony for the coveted moon tree.

Fueled by advancements in space exploration and India's successful Chandrayaan-3 mission, lunar land ownership is gaining ...

Space Pride, in collaboration of Firefly Aerospace, Interstellar Foundation, and Intuitive Machines, has soft-landed queer ...

Soil and rocks returned from the moon's far side suggest it may be drier than the side constantly facing Earth ...