The JWST has studied the chemical composition of a moon-forming disk circling a giant planet 625 light-years away.

The Moon has always been a plain, grayscale, landscape. Its plains and craters offer some variety, but the lunar surface ...

The Moon is rusting — and it’s Earth’s fault. Scientists have found that oxygen particles blown from Earth to the Moon can ...

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has provided the first direct measurements of the chemical and physical ...

October will begin with a lunar standout: the first of three consecutive supermoons. Supermoons appear slightly larger and ...

Growing evidence suggests that a subsurface ocean lurks beneath the icy surface of Uranus' moon Ariel, but new research, ...

Researchers say oxygen drifting out of Earth’s atmosphere may be reaching the Moon and turning iron in its soil into hematite, a reddish mineral also known as rust ...

An unusual lunar event that happens only once every 33 months is occurring tonight — but you won’t be able to see it. A black moon will rise on Aug. 23 as the moon passes through its new moon phase at ...

Anthony Wood joined Space.com in April 2025 after contributing articles to outlets including IGN, New Atlas and Gizmodo. He ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a chance of hitting the moon. To save it from collision, scientists are considering launching a nuclear bomb at the asteroid.

This year’s Chuseok full moon will be highest in the sky at 11:50 p.m. on Monday in Seoul, the Korea Astronomy and Space ...