A bright new lunar crater detected in spacecraft images shows that asteroid impacts continue to reshape the Moon’s surface today. The Moon’s familiar surface tells a story of both ancient violence and ...

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a new moon orbiting Uranus. The moon, designated S/2025 U1, is about six miles (10 kilometers) in diameter, which made it hard to spot by ...

No matter how hard you try, it’s impossible to keep up with everything that’s happening in the world. Staying up to date on ...

New observations from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope confirm asteroid 2024 YR4 will not hit the moon in 2032.

On March 8, 1979, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft discovered active volcanoes on Jupiter's moon Io. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video ...

Scientists studying lunar samples have finally resolved a decades-long debate about the Moon’s ancient magnetic field.

Scientists at the University of Oxford have finally settled a decades-long mystery about the Moon’s magnetic field — and it turns out both sides were right. By reanalyzing Apollo mission rocks, they ...

Scientists have produced the first global map and analysis of small mare ridges (SMRs) on the moon, a characteristic geological feature of tectonic activity. Published in The Planetary Science Journal ...

When Asteroid 2024 YR4 was first discovered, it created a bit of a kerfuffle when it was reported it had a couple-percent chance of hitting the Earth in 2032. At 60 meters (196 feet) across, this ...

Oxford scientists have discovered that the Moon’s ancient magnetic field was mostly weak but experienced rare, powerful ...

Helium flow issue forces NASA to consider rolling back Artemis II rocket from launch pad. The technical problem threatens a March launch of the crewed moon mission.

What China found on the Moon has raised serious questions. During a historic mission, China made a surprising discovery on the surface of the Moon. Scientists were not expecting this, and the ...