We tend to think of the moon as a cold, dusty rock, but in fact, its surface can get pretty hot during a lunar day. How hot? It turns out that the answer can vary dramatically over a very short ...

NOIRLab shared stunning views of the total lunar eclipse in the night sky over Chile, complete with a blood red moon and ...

Future astronauts traveling to the moon may have easier access to life-sustaining water and extractable ice than previously thought, according to new research.

New findings based on data from India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission suggest that water-ice on the Moon may be present beyond its polar regions. A recent study, conducted by scientists at the Physical ...

Intuitive Machines got its Athena lunar lander on the moon’s south pole Thursday on a mission with NASA payloads, but tipped ...

Future astronauts traveling to the moon may have easier access to life-sustaining water and extractable ice than previously thought, according to new research. A team of scientists led by Durga ...

Dust and rocks residing on the surface of the moon take a beating in space. Without a protective magnetosphere and atmosphere like Earth's, the lunar surface faces continual particle bombardment ...

A second commercially-built moon lander, this one built by Houston-based Intuitive Machines, landed near the moon's south pole Thursday, but telemetry indicated it ended up on its side. The lander ...

The Athena lander from Intuitive Machines could not charge its batteries after ending up on its side. It largely failed to accomplish science and technology tasks for NASA and other customers.

A privately built spacecraft sent to the moon does not appear to be upright on the surface, says the US company that operates it. The Intuitive Machines lander, called Athena, seems to have ...

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A 15-foot-tall spacecraft had an imperfect landing on the moon. The NASA-funded mission to the moon, operated by the Houston space exploration company Intuitive Machines, touched down on March 6 ...