Scientists believe the Moon could be hiding valuable resources just beneath its surface. A new study suggests that thousands ...

The small chunk of rock could be telling us that many of the moon’s largest impacts happened over 4.25 billion years ago.

When Apollo 17 astronauts collected a small rock from the moon more than 50 years ago, they had no way of knowing it would ...

Phobos, the larger of Mar's two moons may hit the planet or break apart within the next 50 million years. It is currently ...

For more than 20 years, the Silverpit Crater deep under the North Sea has been the center of a heated scientific controversy. Some geologists were adamant that an asteroid produced the nearly-perfect ...

Astronomy day 2025 is upon us! To celebrate, we've picked six targets to emphasize the variety and scale of objects visible ...

The Apollo mission recovered a fragment known as sample 76535, which showed virtually no signs of violent shocks from deep rock impact.

Rhea might not be as famous as Titan or Enceladus, but it’s older than most of the solar system’s drama. Formed around 4.5 billion years ago, it’s a moon frozen in time - with craters that predate ...

Jezero Crater, the landing site for Perseverance, was once a lake, and the sediments along the river that flowed into the crater were a promising place to look for signs of past life on Mars. However, ...

Another “Dome After Dark” event will be highlighted at the University of Wyoming Harry C. Vaughan Planetarium next month.

The Moon plays a critical role in reconstructing Earth’s history. Because our planet’s oldest surface layers have been erased ...