Something strange has been happening on the Moon, and scientists are struggling to explain it. Despite advanced computers, ...

European scientists are turning an aircraft into a laboratory that simulates lunar gravity to prepare astronauts and technology for future moon landings as part of the NASA-led Artemis missions. The ...

Bursts of light captured crashing into the moon last week were caused by dual asteroid strikes against the lunar surface that were likely strong enough to form hulking craters, according to videos ...

Scientists have found that we may have been wrong about how the Moon’s largest crater, the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin, formed roughly 4.3 billion years ago. As detailed in a new paper published in ...

Humans have left much more than footprints on the moon since the space age started in the 1950s. Here's a guide to what's up there. 1959: The first human object on the moon The Soviet spacecraft Luna ...

A stronomers are getting prepared for the chance to see "the most energetic lunar impact event ever recorded in human history ...

Find out what's up in your night sky during February 2026 and how to see it in this Space.com stargazing guide.

The biggest full moon of 2025, a so-called supermoon, will rise on Wednesday, Nov. 5, lighting up the night sky with its dramatic glow. At 5:30 p.m. EST (2230 GMT), the moon will reach its closest ...

Mariel Borowitz has previously received funding from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Department of Defense, and the National Science Foundation. Brian Gunter has current or ...

Scientists at the University of Missouri have identified a small group of unusual objects in the early universe. Using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), Haojing Yan and his team at Mizzou's ...