Before Apollo astronauts set foot upon the moon, much remained unknown about the lunar surface. While most scientists ...

Before Apollo astronauts set foot upon the Moon, much remained unknown about the lunar surface. While most scientists ...

The latest configuration of Boeing's Lunar Orbiter, seen from above, shows the directional antenna (top) and omnidirectional antenna (lower right) extended. Four solar panels are deployed ...

Insights from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter have uncovered that gigantic canyons were carved in mere minutes by floods of rock traveling at breakneck speeds. The orbiter p ...

That's good news for scientists and NASA, which is looking to land astronauts at the south pole on the near, Earth-facing ...

The lunar canyons Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck are extraordinarily deep, and scientists now know the valleys were carved by bullet-fast moon rocks.

Two Grand Canyon-size features on the far side of the moon were likely formed in about 10 minutes after an unknown object slammed into the moon 3.8 billion years ago.

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has snapped pictures of two gigantic basins on the lunar surface. Named Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck, these measure 168 miles (270 km) long and 1.7 ...

(Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune) People take pictures of a dragon moving through the crowd as Chicago’s Chinatown community kicks off the Lunar New Year celebration at Cermak Road and Wentworth ...

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has snapped pictures of two gigantic basins on the lunar surface. Named Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck, these measure 168 miles (270 km) long and 1.7 ...

New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons ...

13), injecting itself into an elliptical lunar orbit ahead of a planned touchdown try a little over two weeks from now. The spacecraft commemorated the milestone by snapping some photos ...