The rocket-powered Gracie will conduct five hops during its short lunar stay, including one into the depths of a shadowy ...

Scientists say Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck—dramatic trenches near the lunar south pole—were carved in a blast that ...

While many impact craters on Earth have long disappeared due to erosion and other natural factors, the moon’s craters can help researchers better understand what happened on Earth billions of ...

The Grand Canyon in Arizona is one of Earth's natural wonders, carved out over millions of years by the gradual erosion power ...

Projectiles flying faster than bullets from a blast 130 times bigger than the global nuclear stockpile helped form giant lunar canyons, according to a new study.

A chunk of space rock that visited near Earth's orbit last year was widely called a "mini-moon," a nickname that was more ...

China plans to send a flying robot to the far side of the moon next year to search for the frozen water that could hold the ...

The hopper will carry a water molecule analyzer into permanently shadowed craters. China is preparing to launch a pioneering mission to the moon next year to search for definitive evidence of ...

Scientists have studied the moon's surface for decades to help piece together its complex geological and evolutionary history ...