moon

On Monday, September 26th, the enormous planet Jupiter will be closer to Earth than it has been in the last 59 years, making it prominently visible in the night sky. As it rises in the east at dusk, the largest...

The first image of Neptune from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) offers the finest look at this ice giant's rings in more than three decades, as well as its fainter dust bands. Astronomers last obtained such a high-quality picture...

On Saturday, NASA postponed the launch of its new Artemis I Moon rocket for the second time in a week, as controllers were unable to stop a hydrogen leak on the vehicle. On Monday, NASA called off the scheduled launch. NASA...

The US space agency NASA is set to launch its giant Artemis 1 rocket for its maiden flight to the moon scheduled for lift off on August 29, 2022. The unmanned Space Launch System (SLS) mega rocket Artemis 1 is...

New research sheds light on the origin of the Moon, proving its native noble gases derived from the Earth's mantle. The discovery is a key element to the puzzle of how the Moon, and perhaps even the Earth and other...

NASA's Artemis 1 confirms the launching of its first moon mission after facing cancelations, Congressional hearings, COVID-19, and other technical delays. NASA's decades-long push is to have a launch slated in late August or early September at its Kennedy Space...

John Paraskevopoulos may not be a household name, but the Greek astrophysicist who had a crater on the moon named after him and discovered a number of comets, made a significant contribution to our understanding of the universe in...

NASA announced on Tuesday it has lost radio contact with the moon-bound CAPSTONE spacecraft launched last week to test an unusual lunar orbit. According to NASA, the loss of communications occurred on July 4, 2022 while CAPSTONE was in contact...

NASA announced last week that there is a new “double crater” on the moon, but no country is claiming responsibility for the impact. The double crater is the combination of two craters, both roughly 19.5 yards and 17.5 yards in...

China's Chang'e 5 lunar landing and sampling mission found water on the moon both through on-site analysis and in materials delivered to Earth. The daring Chang'e 5 mission touched down on the moon in December 2020, drilling down for and...