Before arriving at the moon, the small satellite mission will use the gravity of the sun, Earth, and moon over several months ...

Last year, a pair of researchers claimed that the shockwaves of the shutdown could be felt as far as the moon, causing a ...

The moon makes for an excellent guide to see Mars in the night sky tonight. As the sun sets this evening (Feb. 9), the moon ...

Lunar Trailblazer's voyage to the Moon will take between four and seven months, de-pending on the day it launches. This orbital diagram shows the low-energy transfer trajectory of the NASA mission ...

He covers skywatching, human spaceflight, exploration as well as space science and ... The moon, like Earth, is a sphere, and it is always half-illuminated by the sun. As the moon travels around ...

Look up this week for February’s full snow moon and to catch the last glimpse of a visible parade of planets in the night sky before they fade from view.

For most of history, the Moon was regarded as a mysterious and powerful object. Then scientists made it into a destination ...

The 15th day of the first month on the Chinese lunar calendar marks the Lantern Festival.The moon is full in the sky, and families are reunited on Earth. This brings the story of "the lady Chang'e ...

The space rock is heading in our direction at some 18,700 miles per hour, according to the space agency's data.

An asteroid becomes a meteorite when it travels to Earth from a nearby orbit or the outer solar system and collides with ...