Crystals hidden in Australia’s oldest rocks have revealed new clues about how Earth and the Moon formed. The study suggests Earth’s continents didn’t begin growing until hundreds of millions of years ...

A violent impact might have ejected material from deep within the moon's mantle — and future Artemis astronauts might be able ...

One of the early highlights during the mission was the “Hello, world” image captured by Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman as the Orion spacecraft left Earth on its outbound journey toward the Moon.

A half century after NASA's Apollo 17 lunar module lifted off the moon's northeastern near side quadrant, planetary ...

The Artemis II astronauts concluded their record-breaking 10-day journey on Friday with a smooth splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. NASA’s Artemis II mission, the first crewed flight around the moon in ...

You can probably conjure this vision of the moon—hold the image in your mind and transmit it off this planet and onto our shining opalescent companion. Peaks in the sun? I’ve seen that. This week, we ...

The crew spent about seven hours circling the moon, taking photographs and making observations of never-before-seen features. For the first time, humans have glimpsed the entire far side of the moon ...

(NEXSTAR) – With Artemis II’s historic mission to the moon capturing the nation’s attention, some may be wondering why the far side of the moon remains hidden from view – even as it rotates. Also ...

Sarah Steele also studies the process by which a churning molten core or magma ocean generates a global magnetic field. Photo by Kristen Chiama While all eyes were riveted on NASA’s Artemis II lunar ...

NASA has launched four astronauts on a pioneering journey around the moon—the Artemis II mission. Follow our coverage here. Despite the moon being so nearby, we know surprisingly little about it with ...

Space Exploration 'A measurable, enormous global impact': Astronaut Chris Hadfield on why the true power of Artemis II could take decades to hit Space Exploration Can the US be trusted with the moon?

Scientists prefer to call the backside of the moon its “far” side. By Andrea Kannapell “The dark side of the moon”: The term has a poetic ring. It has long been mined in popular culture, not least by ...