In a historic achievement for lunar exploration, China’s Chang’e-6 mission successfully returned the first-ever samples from the moon’s far side in 2024. These samples, collected from the South ...

In the beginning, when planets were newborn, they glowed like furnaces, vast oceans of molten rock wrapped in heavy blankets ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The moon is sometimes called "two-faced" because the surface of its side perpetually facing away from Earth looks so different than its side always facing our planet. And the ...

Washington, DC— Our galaxy’s most abundant type of planet could be rich in liquid water due to formative interactions between ...

Astronomers now understand that water-rich planets can form internally, even close to stars. A new study reveals that ...

"There are some instruments that just can't be miniaturized and sent to Mars." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA's ...

The visible side of the moon. Gregory H. Revera via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 On December 16, 2020, the return capsule of the Chinese National Space Administration’s Chang'e 5 moon probe landed ...

Another day, another step closer to finding out whether life once existed on Mars. A new study suggests Mars rocks collected by NASA's Perseverance rover show signs of water — and where there was once ...

Astronomers now understand that water-rich planets can form internally, even close to stars. A new study reveals that high-pressure reactions between ...