For the first time in history, scientists have analyzed actual samples from the lunar farside—thanks to China’s Chang’e-6 ...

April's first quarter moon will take place on April 4 in the sign of Cancer. This lunar phase signals a time of ...

As nations and private companies race to mine the Moon and beyond, a new frontier in space exploration is emerging—one that ...

In a paper published in National Science Review, a research team from the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese ...

What can a sample return mission from Jupiter's volcanic moon, Io, teach scientists about planetary and satellite (moon) ...

Skywatchers across the U.S. are in for a treat this month as two notable celestial events – the Pink Moon and the peak of the Lyrid meteor shower – are set to grace the night sky.

Plenty more launches are to come, including another test of SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket, which exploded while in flight ...

What's on and in a star? What happens in an active galactic nucleus? Answering those questions is the goal of a proposed ...

the Crew Dragon capsule began firing its engines to begin the final phase of the journey: reentry. This leg of the journey is considered the most dangerous of any flight home from space.

In space, there is no up, down or sideways. It can be disorientating when you go up - and again when you return to Earth. Tim Peake says: "That initial phase of stopping feeling dizzy, of ...

Firefly Aerospace The Blue Ghost lander bid farewell to the Moon by gently going into that cold lunar night. Before ending its mission on the lunar surface, Blue Ghost watched a beautiful sunset ...

“Going to space is hard. Landing on the Moon is harder,” he said. “It’s extremely difficult, and you have to support each other.” ...