This geologic feature has been mesmerizing astronauts since 1965.
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has spotted the crater gouged out on the moon by a SpaceX rocket on Aug. 5, finding it to be about 60 feet (18 meters) wide.
On this day in space, Aug. 17, 1877: American astronomer Asaph Hall discovered Mars’s moon Phobos.
The wildfires ripping across North America have created massive plumes of smoke.
New chronology, data about the moon’s far side and a homegrown cartographic standard signal China’s ambitions for how the solar system gets mapped.
We need rules to prevent space companies from dumping their old rockets onto the moon’s surface in the future, experts say.
NASA has invited the Indian Space Research Organisation to collaborate on its Moon Base program, which aims to build a permanent human outpost near the lunar south pole.
A SpaceX rocket body slammed into the moon earlier this month, showcasing a risk that will increase as humanity establishes a footprint on Earth’s nearest neighbor.
A shot so spectacular it will leave other astrophotographers green with envy.