Charon is large in size relative to Pluto, and is locked in a tight orbit with the dwarf planet. A new simulation suggests how it ended up there.

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander will fly a 60-day mission to deliver a suite of NASA science equipment to the ...

On Jan. 13, bright Mars will disappear behind the full moon for several hours. It's the only lunar occultation of Mars ...

On January 8, 1973, the Soviet Union launched the Luna 21 mission to land a rover on the moon. This was the second time that ...

With 10 instruments and technology tests, Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander is part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload ...

The full Hunter's Moon will make its appearance on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. It also happens to be the first of three ...

The Wolf Moon, January's full moon, will reach peak illumination Monday. The previous full moon was December's Cold Moon.

How old is the Moon? Astronaut-gathered samples from the lunar surface put its age at about 4.35 billion years. However, ...

Accessible to anyone the world over, witnessing the majesty of the solar system, including the Milky Way, and its billions of ...

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