The Moon has no real atmosphere, but Earth has, in a sense, been generously trying to share its own for billions of years.

Researchers are keeping an eye on the building-sized asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 4 percent chance of hitting the moon seven years from now.

Earth's atmosphere is surprisingly contributing to the Moon, a new study reveals. Tiny particles, guided by magnetic fields, ...

The Moon has long been treated as a geologically dead world, a frozen relic that finished erupting billions of years ago. A wave of new data is now challenging that assumption, pointing instead to a ...

While the term new moon is well established in astronomy, the phrase black moon is far more informal, yet it has gained ...

It's one of the best annual meteor shows on Earth: the Geminids Meteor Shower. Observed since the late 19th century, the ...

Planet Earth is bidding farewell to a "mini moon," a harmless asteroid named 2024 PT5, which has been trailing Earth for two months and will leave on Monday, drawn away by the sun’s stronger ...

But now, they're planning to build telescopes on the far side of the Moon. These instruments will probe one of the last unexplored windows on the Universe. Here, astronomers hope to get a glimpse of ...

The moon once drifted thousands of miles farther away, and Earth's days got 2.2 hours longer, a new study finds. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

As NASA plans for long-term human missions beyond Earth, one question keeps resurfacing: how do you sustain life in places ...

Firefly plans to launch its lander toward the moon’s South Pole by the end of 2026. Assuming it arrives in one piece, the ...