At this time, the sun shines at such an angle to make it appear as if there is a gigantic 'V' and 'X' marking the barren ...

What processes during the formation of Pluto's largest moon, Charon, potentially led to it having cryovolcanism, and even an ...

NASA’s orbiter snapped crisp images of where a private spacecraft crashed, revealing telltale marks of disturbed lunar soil.

Scientists have uncovered ancient secrets buried deep beneath the surface of the moon, thanks to China’s Chang’e-4 mission.

NASA images reveal shallow ice beneath Mars’s surface, offering a promising water source for future astronauts and clues to ...

The Moon has long captivated humanity, inspiring awe with its shifting appearance and mysterious, hidden side. Even though it ...

As per a mission update from Lauren Edgar, planetary geologist at the USGS Astrogeology Science Centre, the transition to the ...

Scientists are using the Barringer Meteor Crater near Winslow to test equipment that might one day fly to the Moon.

On Wednesday 26 February, a thermal imaging camera blasted off to the Moon as part of NASA's Lunar Trailblazer mission. This aims to map sources of water on the Moon to shed light on the lunar ...

Astronomers are excited to be poring over the first ever detailed geological map of the moon’s south polar region, where India’s Chandrayaan-3 lunar module, Vikram, touched down on August 23 ...

This loose estimate of its age as 3.8 billion years comes in part from crater counts. The more craters a surface has, the older that surface must be.

Since June 2009, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has been circling the moon, compiling data for the first full topographic map of its surface. The data implies that 3.9 billion years ago ...