The Moon’s surface has two main rock types: white highland anorthosite and dark lowland basalt. While both are common on the ...

Nasa's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) captured photos of the site where the ispace Mission 2 attempted to land.

JWST has confirmed Pluto’s bizarre atmospheric behavior and its ghostly interaction with Charon. These findings could reshape ...

A picture of the moon’s south pole was taken in May by Resilience, a robotic lander operated by the Japanese company Ispace that probably crashed on the lunar surface Thursday. Some people see ...

The Moon may have remelted after it first formed Early interactions with the Earth may have heated up the Moon and caused it to remelt, producing new lunar rocks and erasing old craters. NPR ...

A crater-rich dwarf planet named Ceres located in the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter was long thought to be composed of a materials mixture not dominated by water ice.

The Milky Way is visible over the Craters of the Moon entrance sign. (Jacob W. Frank/National Park Service) Editor’s note: This is the sixth and final column in a series of guest opinions ...

ARCO, Idaho — According to Crater of the moon's website, the park was established by President Calvin Coolidge in 1942. In his proclamation he said the park is “a weird and scenic landscape ...

Craters of the Moon is hosting a free Star Party. The party will be led by the park's "Astro Ranger as well as other volunteer astronomers. People will be able to look through telescopes to see ...

I want to call on our Idaho Congressional delegation to make Craters of the Moon the 64th National Park in the United States. National Parks are created through Congressional Action with four ...

The Craters of the Moon Wilderness showcases a remarkable display of the geologic forces that shaped much of Southern Idaho. Lava flows, tubes, fissures and craters stretch off into the horizon.