On June 1, 2024, China’s Chang’e-6 spacecraft achieved a historic landing in the Moon’s South Pole-Aitken Basin—a region long ...

In the summer of 2024, a robotic mission landed for the first time on the far side of the Moon. The Chinese Chang’e-6 lander planted a flag, dug up more than four pounds of rock and soil, and brought ...

Japan has successfully landed on the Moon, becoming only the fifth country to nail the often-perilous maneuver. The accomplishment comes one day after Astrobotic’s highly-anticipated Peregrine lander ...

Though each arc of Sailor Moon has its own unforgettable narrative, there is no doubt that the very first arc will always remain in the memories of every fan. After all, this is the period of time ...

For radio astronomers, Earth is a noisy place. Many modern electronics leak radio signals, which interfere with the long, faint wavelengths of light studied by radio observatories. And for decades, ...

The first manned moon landing is still one of the most remarkable achievements in human history. A man on the moon was, for much of our existence, a metaphor for an impossible achievement. Yet the ...

A 4-billion-year-old volcano? New research finds that Io, the solar system’s most volcanically active moon, can brag just that. A recent study of Io’s sulfurous atmosphere suggests that Jupiter’s moon ...

Volcanic rock samples collected during NASA's Apollo missions bear the isotopic signature of key events in the early evolution of the Moon, a new analysis found. Those events include the formation of ...

Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin Eugene "Buzz" Aldrin Jr., who reimagined the potential of human achievement before a worldwide audience when he walked on the moon, was born on this day in history, Jan. 20, ...

Our Moon: How Earth’s Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are by Rebecca Boyle Random House, 2024 ($28.99) A few days a month the moon rises as a fat pearl ...

The next full moon, a harvest moon, will be visible on Sept. 17 at 10:34 p.m., according to TimeandDate.com. Ahead of the full moon, the first quarter moon will appear on Sept. 11 at 2:06 a.m., ...