NASA’s lunar orbiter has just revealed a small, previously unseen impact scar on the Moon, a subtle feature that was hiding in plain sight on a surface already crowded with craters. The discovery, ...

NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured a rare dark-rayed crater on Ganymede, offering fresh clues about the moon’s icy surface, ...

"Over time, the rays will darken to the shade of the surrounding regolith as the material is exposed to space weathering," the LROC statement reads. It's also notably small, as the team refers to it ...

The moon reaches its first quarter phase on Friday (Nov. 28), marking a perfect opportunity to explore the half-lit lunar ...

The two astronauts spent about 75 hours on the surface, drove their rover more than 35 kilometers, and returned some 110 ...

Get ready stargazers, the final full moon of 2025 rises tonight! Here's what to expect when the "Cold Supermoon" looms large ...

“Impact flashes on the moon are very common,” University of Colorado Boulder astrophysical and planetary sciences professor Paul Hayne said. “In fact, they happen more or less every night, and it’s a ...

While the crater-pitted moon may appear geologically dead, researchers have discovered more could be going on under its icy ...

Chinese scientists looking at the Moon samples brought back by the Chang'e-6 mission find evidence of micron-sized hematite and maghemite crystals.

Mercury is the innermost and smallest of the eight major planets in our Solar System, orbiting closest to the Sun. Though ...

The outer planets of the solar system are swarmed by ice-wrapped moons. Some of these, such as Saturn's moon Enceladus, are known to have oceans of liquid water between the ice shell and the rocky ...

The Cold Supermoon of 2025 captivated millions, offering stunning visuals across major cities. Photographers captured the ...