For the first time, astronomers think they've found solid evidence of a moon orbiting a planet outside of our solar system. And it's a doozy. The exoplanet, named Kepler-1625b, is 8,000 light ...

Almost 55 years after the launch of Apollo 11—the first mission to land humans on the moon—scientists have found evidence of a large cave system near the landing site of those astronauts.

On the surface of the Moon, there are more than 200 known pits that scientists have speculated are underground cave conduits. Now, one of those pits, in Mare Tranquillitatis, has been found to be ...

When India’s Chandrayaan-1 lunar orbiter passed over the north pole of the Moon in 2009 it found more than 40 craters thought to contain water ice. This confirmed a finding from the previous year that ...

Analysis of samples brought back from the farside of the Moon by the Chang'e 6 mission have found the water content of the lunar farside mantle is much more depleted compared to the nearside.

Here are the dates for the full moons in 2025. The next full moon will be on Monday, May 12. It will officially reach its full moon phase at 12:56 p.m. EST (1656 GMT), but local moonrise times ...

The asteroid’s Earth-close orbit was first discovered by Adrien Coffinet, a journalist with Futara. It’s possible that future missions to the quasi-moon could bring us more information about ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.--Scientists have discovered a new and renewable source of water on the moon for future explorers in lunar samples from a Chinese mission. Water was embedded in tiny glass ...

Scientists taking a new look at the deepest lunar craters have found 'chilling' results that could dramatically affect future moon colonies.