Second Private U.S. Lander Launches to the Moon
A potentially history-making private moon mission is underway. Odysseus, a robotic lunar lander built by the Houston-based company Intuitive Machines,…
NASA surprised to discover ‘dinky’ moon orbiting asteroid in close flyby
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft, which was launched in October 2021 to research Jupiter’s asteroids, snapped a picture of a smaller asteroid…
NASA’s Gorgeous New Moon Image Paints Shackleton Crater in Light and Shadow
Shackleton Crater pops from the moon’s South Pole, as if a round cookie cutter were just punched into the rocks,…
Jupiter’s Moon Europa May Hide Tantalizing Carbon in Mysterious Ocean
With just a glance at Jupiter’s small, icy moon Europa, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has bolstered the case…
Ada Limón’s Poem for Europa, Jupiter’s Smallest Galilean Moon
Bri Kane: Poets are always talking about the moon. But this time it’s Ada Limón, our United States Poet Laureate,…
Moon Landing Denial Fired an Early Antiscience Conspiracy Theory Shot
I was recently in the attic of my house, going through old possessions in preparation to move across the country.…
August Sturgeon supermoon amazes scientists and onlookers ahead of rare blue moon display
Scientists and onlookers marveled at the first of two supermoons in the month of August, which was on display Tuesday,…
NASA captures images of moon showing ‘likely impact site of Russia’s Luna 25 mission’
NASA says it has captured images of the moon showing the “likely” impact site of Russia’s failed Luna 25 mission.…
Russia’s Luna-25 spacecraft crashes into the moon
Russia’s Luna-25 spacecraft crashed into the moon after it spun into an uncontrolled orbit, the country’s Roscosmos space agency said…
Moon landing anticipation builds for India after Russia’s crash
India’s space agency on Monday released images its spacecraft took of the far side of the moon as it headed…