India's Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander descend to the surface of the moon in this time-lapsed imagery.

Look to the west after sunset this week for a spectacular sight, as the razor-thin waxing crescent moon hangs low above the horizon with earthshine bathing its unlit surface in a ...

Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) probe is on its (very long) way to Jupiter, and will finally arrive at the King of Planets in 2031. Its primary mission is to focus on the "big three" icy ...

One particularly well-known fact about the moon is that it doesn't have much of a magnetosphere to speak of. There's no blanket to protect it from the solar wind ravaging its surface, blowing away its ...

One comical sign says the road is a 'NASA testing area' due to its poor condition ...

Exomoons orbiting rogue planets could host liquid water for billions of years, offering potential habitats for life deep in ...

The James Webb Space Telescope reveals active volcanoes on Io in unprecedented detail thanks to an innovative technique.

Rogue moons drifting through space may host long-lived oceans for up to 4.3 billion years, expanding where scientists search ...

Icy moons circling the outer planets may be far more dynamic—and explosive—than they appear. New research suggests that when heat from tidal forces melts their ice shells from below, the sudden drop ...

Liquid water is considered essential for life. Surprisingly, however, stable conditions that are conducive to life could exist far from any sun. A research team from the Excellence Cluster ORIGINS at ...

Two landers manufactured by Firefly Aerospace and Intuitive Machines were briefly on the moon at the same time in March 2025. Here's what happened.

Scientists from Oxford University finally explain why some Moon rocks show intense ancient magnetism. Titanium-rich rocks caused brief bursts in the lunar magnetic field.