NASA has chosen 41 technology proposals from 37 American companies to help develop the capabilities needed for future missions to…
A new policy paper argues that a future NASA base on the moon should include a specialized biocontainment facility designed…
Scientists have gained new insight into the dramatic event that created the Moon's largest and oldest known impact crater, a…
June offers plenty for skywatchers, including a close meeting between Venus and Jupiter, a rare event where the Moon passes…
I'll admit something surprising. Even after years of stargazing, tracking planets, and scanning deep sky objects through a telescope, I…
Researchers have created the first worldwide map and detailed study of small mare ridges (SMRs), subtle geological features that signal…
Scientists studying tiny feldspar crystals inside Australia's oldest volcanic rocks have uncovered new clues about the early history of Earth's…
One may easily regard oneself as no more than a speck compared to the universe. Thirteen and eight-tenths billion years…
A recently published study reports that shaking from moonquakes, rather than impacts from meteoroids, was the main force behind the…
Reconstructing Theia's makeup: A new study in Science identifies the most likely chemical composition of Theia, the ancient planetary body…