The spacecraft, about the size of a small car, conducted a series of experiments. It drilled three feet into the lunar soil, took X-ray images of the magnetic bubble that surrounds and protects Earth ...

Scientists have long sought to determine the age of the moon's South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin, the largest and oldest known ...

Astronomers have been recording the signal for more than four decades, but this is the first time they've nabbed its origin.

On March 8, 1979, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft discovered active volcanoes on Jupiter's moon Io. Before Voyager 1 flew by Io, scientists believed the moon to be a dead world much like Earth's moon.

NASA's SPHEREx mission is expected to map the entire sky four times over two years, offering a window into how the universe came to be. Former astronaut Mike Massimino breaks down NASA's latest ...

The red tint arises because Earth’s atmosphere scatters shorter-wavelength blue light, allowing longer-wavelength red and orange light to pass through and reach the Moon. -Map showing where the ...

The latest attempt to land on the Moon went at least partially awry on ... Lunar Trailblazer’s mission to create high-resolution maps of water on the lunar surface. Trailblazer launched ...

What form does it take? How much is there? Does it change over time? Lunar Trailblazer wants answers. This little satellite will map Moon water in unprecedented detail. The info it gathers during its ...

The rules of Among Us are simple. In each round, the majority of the players (from 4 to 10) complete tasks on the map. The other (from 1 to 3) players are randomly selected to be traitors. The goal of ...

Also launched on this mission was the Lunar Trailblazer, which will map the surface of the moon for possible water ice. Built by Lockheed Martin for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Lunar Trailblazer ...

A total eclipse of the Moon is the highlight of this month ... At the time shown here, Io has just emerged from eclipse within Jupiter’s shadow; Callisto lies farther east.