An asteroid that orbited near Earth for a few months as a mini-moon may be a chunk of the moon that was blasted off by an impact thousands of years ago.

Firefly Aerospace's soon-to-launch Blue Ghost moon lander will help NASA better understand our home planet, and how it responds to space weather.

A chunk of space rock that visited near Earth's orbit last year was widely called a "mini-moon," a nickname that was more ...

For the past week, an uncrewed lunar lander has been journeying through outer space on a 60-day mission to the moon on behalf ...

Firefly Aerospace's first mission to the moon is poised to launch in the early morning hours on Jan. 15. The company's Blue ...

Flags on the Moon don’t wave because there’s no atmosphere or wind. But China’s innovative design, powered by electricity, ...

The images were captured using NASA’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC), a 4MP CCD camera and telescope on the DSCOVR ...

In recent years, several spacecraft failed in their attempts to land on the moon. But 2025 may offer crucial second chances.

Ahead of the lunar lander is a 60-day mission to Earth's only natural satellite, where it will deploy a fleet of NASA's scientific instruments to study the moon's environment before humans return.

"Sunlight illuminates half the Earth and half the moon at all times," NASA says in an explainer ... Land masses, weather, wind and the sun's gravitational pull also have an impact on tides ...