"Over time, the rays will darken to the shade of the surrounding regolith as the material is exposed to space weathering," ...

A new discovery on the Moon has scientists excited. NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has identified a fresh crater, ...

Where will future Artemis astronauts land on the lunar south pole? This is what a recent study published in The Planetary ...

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has caught a peculiar sight while orbiting the moon, capturing images of an object in motion near its trajectory. But what is it? During the initial imaging ...

NASA has shared the first photos taken of China's Chang'e-6 space probe captured on the far side of the moon. The images of China's sample return spacecraft were captured by NASA's Lunar ...

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When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The ispace Resilience lunar lander crash on June 5, 2025 created a dark smudge surrounded by a ...

In a rare encounter, two lunar spacecraft crossed paths as they orbited the Moon in opposite directions. NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter, also known as ...

When astronauts set off for a trip around the Moon in 2024 with NASA’s Artemis II mission, they will go primed with knowledge of lunar landmarks gathered by one of the Agency’s premiere robotic ...

"The increased brightness of the terrain surrounding the lander is due to disturbance from the lander engine and is similar to the blast zone seen around other lunar landers." When you purchase ...

Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California. Madam Speaker, I rise to commend the Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project and all those who have contributed their time and effort to ensure that historic images and ...