Saturn's rings were likely formed as a result of an 84th moon being destroyed, freeing the planet from being trapped in ...

of lunar rocks in 2020 during China's Chang'e-5 mission (also named for the aforementioned moon goddess). These rocks were the first lunar samples to be taken to Earth since 1976, and the first ...

The mission made contact with the lunar surface back in 2020. Since then it has stocked up on roughly four pounds of Moon rocks and even delivered them to Earth. The new crystal, China says ...

The Juno spacecraft will get the most detailed snapshots yet of Jupiter's moon Europa as it flies by tonight. And you can ...

Illegal gold mining in southeastern Peru has fueled the destruction of a massive swath of rainforest and the killing of ...

A new study suggests that a hypothetical moon came too close to the gas giant’s gravitational pull and was torn apart, ...

(NASA Photo / Ben Smegelsky) With Tropical Storm Ian approaching the Florida coast, NASA has decided not to go forward with its third attempt to launch its heavy-lift Space Launch System moon ...

On the heels of the fall equinox, a new moon in Libra perfects in the sky on September 25 at 5:55 p.m. EST, encouraging a season of growth, expansion, and opportunity. As the darkest phase of the ...

A four-legged robot trained through artificial intelligence has learned the same lesson as the Apollo astronauts—that jumping can be the best way to move around on the surface the moon.

You can see October’s full moon, called “The Hunter’s Moon,” rise on Sunday, October 9. It will be at its absolute brightest at at 4:54 P.M. ET, but you’ll have to wait for it to float ...

Goodnight Moon was a sleeper hit. Margaret Wise Brown's now-classic picture book about a bunny saying goodnight to everything it sees — bears in chairs, a red balloon, the bowl of mush and ...

Each month, the moon resets itself as a new moon. New moons occur whenever the moon moves in direct conjunction with the sun, giving the appearance of an invisible moon from our vantage point.