The huge 1,600-mile (2,500-kilometer) wide expanse of the South Pole–Aitken Basin extends considerably onto the far side of ...

NASA has selected three new lunar science investigations to be delivered to the Moon under the agency’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services, or CLPS, initiative and Artemis campaign. The research ...

Researchers from Jilin University identified single-walled carbon nanotubes in soil samples brought back from ...

Chinese scientists have discovered tiny carbon nanotubes with walls just one atom thick in Moon rock samples, marking the first time the material has been found in nature. Advanced carbon structures ...

Chinese scientists studying a 2-gram lunar soil sample from the Chang'e 6 mission have identified rare CI chondrite impact residues, providing new insights into mass transfer in the inner solar system ...

As the new calendar year begins, lunar phases and celestial events await in 2026. This report highlights the lunar phases with dates and times for the full moon and the new moon lunar calendar for the ...

It's hard enough to see a meteorite strike on Earth: Most of the bits of space debris that survive entry into the atmosphere plunge into the ocean, which covers about 70 percent of the planet. The ...

A total lunar eclipse is coming in early 2026. During a lunar eclipse, the moon looks red. There will be a total solar eclipse on Aug. 12, 2026. You'll have to wait a few months, but when it arrives, ...

One bright day on Earth about 4.5 billion years ago, everything changed. A massive object slammed into the young planet. The impact was so large that bits were flung out into space, eventually ...

Morocco now produces more meteorite discoveries than anywhere on Earth, with some Martian and lunar fragments selling for millions of dollars. The government legalized meteorite exports in 2020, ...