The U.S.-led Artemis mission that will send humans to the moon for the first time in half a century has adopted a system developed by Japanese researchers to study the lunar surface.

Japan’s space agency said Thursday that its first lunar mission hit the tiny patch of the moon’s surface it was aiming for, in a successful demonstration of its pinpoint landing system — although the ...

Our moon is quietly shrinking, causing thousands of new cracks and moonquakes. Scientists have identified over 1,100 new surface fractures, particularly in the lunar plains, indicating a dynamic, ...

NASA is turning robotic landers into lunar scouts, probing heat, dust, and radiation to decode the Moon’s hidden risks before ...

Planetary scientists have produced the first global map of small mare ridges on the Moon, adding new evidence that the lunar surface has been reshaped in geologically recent times by tectonic forces ...

During total lunar eclipse, the lunar surface begins to darken when Earth blocks the direct sunlight from reaching the Moon.

New research suggests the Moon is still tectonically active, with small ridges and moonquakes revealing ongoing crustal movement. This is a key concern for future Artemis missions that will be ...

For years, scientists have known about lobate scarps — ridges commonly found in the lunar highlands that formed as the Moon contracted. In 2010, earlier research confirmed that the Moon is gradually ...

Scientists may have spotted a long-lost Soviet Union Lander, over 60 years after it vanished on the surface of the moon.

The first quarter Moon reaches perigee on Feb. 24, appearing slightly larger and brighter. Here is what to see in the night sky tonight.