Heat from tidal forces remelted the Moon’s crust, says new reesarch, which may explain why the Moon is older than some ...

Next month, on Jan. 15, Mars will be at opposition to the sun, when it will be in the sky all night; rising at sunset, ...

Back when the Moon was newly formed, before it settled into a more circular orbit, the Moon's orbit may have been eccentric ...

Ensuring that life can propagate in the harsh conditions of space is vital to humanity’s long-term ambitions for colonizing ...

Over 4.6 billion years ago, the early Earth emerged from a swirling disk of gas and dust encircling the young sun. This ...

A new study makes predictions that future research could test with lunar rocks acquired by China's upcoming Chang'e 6 mission ...

HUMANS have already reached the Moon – and Mars seems like the obvious next step. But how will we get there? There are ...

SpaceX is revolutionizing the exploration of space and the potential for global internet. Compared to NASA, it is a fraction of the cost and appreciably more efficient.

“Our data suggest that the moon inherited water tracing back to Earth’s formation, followed by later contributions from comets, delivering the water reservoirs we see today.” Astronomers once thought ...

These changes in appearance are the phases of the moon. As the moon orbits Earth, it cycles through eight distinct phases. The four primary phases of the moon (new moon, first quarter, full moon ...

After traveling about 780 days and more than 9.5 times the average distance of Earth from the sun, Mars has returned to blaze ...