Firstly, the team mapped the moon's surface features, including its cracks and ridges. Next, they developed a computer model to test several possible structures of the moon's interior.

The dark skies during a new moon provide ideal conditions for spotting skywatching targets that would otherwise be outshined by moonlight. The next new moon will occur on Sunday, Dec. 1 at 1:21 a ...

The moon is back in fashion, but how well do you know it? It's been over 55 years since Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin set foot on the lunar surface, but with NASA's Artemis 3 moon landing set for ...

NASA astronauts could stay inside a three-storey "inflatable" space home during trips to the Moon. Space heroes travelling to the lunar surface as part of Nasa's Artemis missions could be sleeping ...

"In the future, maybe NASA could send a lander to scoop down below the surface and literally search for signs of life." As for what sort of life might be possible below the moon's frozen surface ...

I remember watching the full moon rise one early evening a while back. It was when I still lived in Colorado, and I was standing outside in my yard. I first noticed a glow to the east lighting up ...

the moon’s gravitational effect on the water in our bodies. On its surface, that makes a lot of sense. After all, the moon creates tides, and roughly half our body weight is water. The moon’s ...

Will the next human to walk on the Moon be American or Chinese? In all, 12 Americans landed on the lunar surface between 1969 and 1972; no other country has sent a single citizen to the Moon.

The largest and brightest full moon of 2024 lit up the skies of Earth on Thursday (Oct. 17), with skywatchers across the globe on hand to capture the lunar face in its full glory. This Hunter's ...

Ever since the Galileo spacecraft flew by Jupiter's icy moons in 1989, scientists interested in life beyond our planet have been desperate to go back. Europa Clipper, which blasted off from ...

October’s hunter’s moon is set to peak at its fullest around 7:26 a.m. ET Thursday, but the silvery orb will appear round Wednesday evening through Friday morning, according to NASA.

The moon has a very thin atmosphere that is primarily oxygen, and scientists believe there is a saltwater ocean hidden beneath Europa’s surface. Europa could have all the “ingredients” to ...