The new moon tonight turns the sky into a natural observatory, stripping away glare and letting Jupiter, Saturn and the winter constellations step into the spotlight. With the lunar disk effectively ...

U.S. astronauts who return to the moon’s surface in the years ahead for the first time in more than half a century will have the difficult and unprecedented task of setting the stage for a permanent ...

Scientists have intensely studied the Moon's polar regions due to the ice found in Permanently Shadowed Regions. The newest ...

If NASA’s ambitious lunar exploration plans succeed, scientists will cover the moon with sensors—and find answers to several long-standing questions about the inner solar system ...

American astronauts who return to the moon's surface in the years ahead for the first time in more than half a century will have the difficult and unprecedented task of setting the stage for a ...