The mission started on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which brought the Blue Ghost lunar lander up into space and pushed it ...

Flower Mound, Texas, was named one of the best places to live in the U.S. The James Webb Space Telescope has peered into the ...

Some parts of the moon are more interesting than others, especially when searching for future places for humans to land and ...

An exhaustive examination of lunar gravity using data obtained by two NASA robotic spacecraft is offering new clues about why ...

A recent study indicates that water on the lunar surface may come from the solar wind. The results suggest that other airless bodies in the solar system may also have water on their surfaces ...

The moon's nearside (that is, the side facing Earth) is dark-colored and dominated by ancient lava flows, whereas the farside ...

Tucked away on Observatory Hill, a spectacular array of lunar ... surface. The collection also holds later images: prints of photographs taken with more advanced techniques. Among the most ...

The first was interference with the readings from Athena's laser altimeter, the instrument that helped the lander gauge its distance from the lunar surface. "In the final phase of descent ...

For decades, scientists have puzzled over the origin of water on the Moon ... as the surface cools again at night. This daily cycle points to an active, replenishing source – most likely ...

"With only lunar soil and a basic ingredient from the sun — which is always spitting out hydrogen — there's a possibility of creating water." Future moon astronauts may find water more ...