As of Wednesday, March 4, the Moon phase is Waning Gibbous . According to NASA's Daily Moon Guide, 99% of the Moon will be lit up tonight.

The U.S. and China are each planning to land in the Moon’s Shackleton crater this year. Whoever gets there first will secure ...

An asteroid the size of a building could collide with the Moon in 2032 and generate a flash visible from Earth.

Low, winding ridges run across the Moon’s dark plains like faint seams in cooled wax. They are easy to miss in a wide photo.

Lunar rocks collected by Apollo astronauts more than half a century ago are providing a fresh take on the moon's mysterious ...

A new study proposes that a crash between Titan and another moon spawned Hyperion and, much later, destabilized Saturn’s inner moons into rings.

The Apollo missions changed how scientists understand the moon. Returning with Artemis could help solve some of the biggest lunar mysteries.

Their study challenges the longtime belief that the moon's magnetic field remained strong for long stretches of time.

The Moon doesn't have tectonic plates that move around like Earth's, but it does have its own internal activity. After it ...

A crash involving the planet’s largest moon, Titan, and a hypothetical moon may have triggered a curious sequence of events ...

The Moon has always been a steady presence in the night sky, but recent observations are forcing scientists and sky-watchers to look again at what it is quietly enduring. Irish astronomers reported a ...