Over 4.6 billion years ago, Earth took shape from a spinning cloud of dust and gas surrounding the young sun. Tiny particles ...

Chinese researchers analyzed the first-ever soil samples returned from the far side of the moon, but further samples will be ...

Lunar experts at APL have developed a new resource to guide technology developers who are creating systems designed to ...

In a breakthrough that could reshape future lunar exploration, NASA researchers have confirmed that the solar wind—a stream ...

When solar wind hits lunar soil, it starts reactions. Protons in the wind meet electrons in Moon dust. This makes hydrogen ...

Despite decades of searching for this signal, astronomers have yet to find it. The problem is that our Earth is too noisy, making it nearly impossible to capture this whisper. The solution is to go to ...

Titan, Saturn's largest moon, is a fascinating world that is unique among moons of the outer solar system. It's shrouded in a ...

The Astrogeology Science Center, which has helped astronauts and robots reach other worlds safely, is facing a substantial ...

VIPER, or Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, was planned by NASA to be delivered by an Astrobotic Griffin ...

Soil and rocks returned from the moon's mysterious far side suggest it may be drier than the side constantly facing Earth.

A new image has emerged of the Red Planet rising above the lunar limb after being occulted by the moon in January.

What are some of the largest extraterrestrial impacts to effect Earth? Learn what we’ve seen in history, and what is ...