The Moon is covered in vast numbers of craters, some larger than entire Earth-based Nations, which may serve as dome habitats ...

On Jan. 13, bright Mars will disappear behind the full moon for several hours. It's the only lunar occultation of Mars ...

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander will fly a 60-day mission to deliver a suite of NASA science equipment to the ...

February 22, 2025 will be Charles Lyell’s 150th anniversary. This great Scottish geologist, who is buried in Westminster ...

Sponsor Message The abundant flowing lava would have filled up old craters, which could account for why the Moon has a dearth of them. As the Moon continued moving outward and away from Earth ...

Launch licenses the FAA just issued to Blue Origin and SpaceX are setting the stage for space billionaires Jeff Bezos and ...

"The temperature just wildly swings from extremely hot to extremely cold," John Monnier, a professor of astronomy at the ...

A photo taken in Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve is now part of a U.S. Department of Interior collection.

On Mercury, craters are named after “artists, musicians, painters and authors who have made outstanding or fundamental ...

The same side of the moon always faces Earth, which is why we see the same craters and landscapes -- the face of the "man in the moon." The other side is more accurately described as the far side ...

Learn key facts about the Moon: from its significant distance and relative size compared to Earth to its distinctive color ...