We know there's water on the Moon, but questions remain about how it got there, where it's stored, and how it moves around. In a new study, scientists from China have identified tiny glass beads in the lunar soil as potential places where w…
Original photographs removed from the official publication of the historic Apollo 11 moon landing come 50 years after we landed on the moon. Here is a collection of never-before-seen photographs of the Apollo 11 mission. The images offer an unpr…
In the not too distant future, trips to the moon will be manned and of long duration. In order for astronauts to survive there for the duration of their mission, they must first find a way to create oxygen, water, and fuel with the resources that e…
The South Pole-Aitken Basin, which is on the far side of our Moon, is one of the biggest intact craters in the Solar System. Numerous orbiters, including the Chinese lander Chang’e-4, and other spacecraft are examining the region, which is the f…
For the first time ever, researchers have grown plants in lunar soil — a huge achievement that puts humanity one step closer to living and working off-world. Why it matters: NASA plans to send astronauts to the moon again in 2025, and by 2028, …
Key Takeaways Astronomers have discovered 12 new moons around Jupiter, bringing the total count to a record-breaking 92, surpassing Saturn’s 83 confirmed moons. The moons were discovered using telescopes in Hawaii and Chile in 2021 and 2022, and th…
Using cameras set to monitor the moon, Daichi Fujii, curator of the Hiratsuka City Museum, recorded an event that occurred on February 23 at 20:14:30.8 Japan Standard Time (7:14 a.m. EST, or 1114 GMT). The event appears to be a meteorite impact, a…
Astronomers have discovered 20 new moons around Saturn, bringing the total to 82. This outnumbers Jupiter, which previously held the record with 79 moons. One of the new moons has the most distant known orbit around Saturn, and they are all abou…
Chinese scientists have discovered a new lunar mineral through the investigation of samples returned from the Moon by the Chang'e-5 mission. This is the first new mineral discovered on the Moon by China and the sixth by mankind . The new fin…
China became the first country to land a spacecraft on the far side of the moon. As part of its mission, the Chang'e-4 lunar rover carried a small biosphere containing six lifeforms, including cotton seeds. Using data from the biosphere experim…
With the autumn equinox less than two weeks away, it's easy to see why September's full Moon is known as the Harvest Moon. It will reach its maximum tomorrow, September 10, at 5:59 a.m. EDT, but if you gaze up at the sky, it will appear ful…
A team of astronomers from Hungary has proven that the Earth has three moons. According to the Hungarian scientists, these moons are totally formed of dust, and these mystery clouds orbit the earth 250,000 miles distant, nearly the same distance as…
The world has been awed by a stunning new image of the moon that has gone viral, but it was not taken by NASA. Instead, it was the outcome of a two-year project in which two astronomers took "the most insanely precise" pictures of Ear…
