European scientists are turning an aircraft into a laboratory that simulates lunar gravity to prepare astronauts and ...

The Moon is far stranger than most people realize. It has moonquakes, a thin exosphere, frozen water trapped at its poles, ...

It is true that crewed missions to the moon are expensive, difficult, and dangerous. And we now have a long history going back decades of reliable, dependable, capable robotic exploration, including ...

Anyone who has seen the movies of Neil Armstrong's first bounding steps on the moon couldn't fail to be intrigued by his unusual walking style. But, contrary to popular belief, the astronaut's ...

Robotic space rovers keep getting stuck because the surface of the moon is "fluffier” than on Earth, suggests a new study. Researchers reckon they've finally worked out why the multi-million dollar ...

During its initial molten phase, the Moon experienced tidal bulges on its near and far sides due to Earth's immense gravitational pull. The Moon's rotation initially carried these gravitationally ...

NASA is preparing to launch a pair of moon probes Thursday morning (Sept. 8) on a mission to study the moon's gravity in unprecedented detail, but the agency is keeping a close eye on iffy weather ...