This SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket propelled a lunar lander to the moon. Now, it's about to crash into it in a dramatic impact ...

On Aug. 5, a SpaceX rocket will hit the Moon near Einstein Crater, giving scientists valuable data on crater formation and ...

Scientists have created a map of the Moon's regolith, revealing how thick its surface layer is across ancient highlands and ...

The crew of the historic Artemis II mission memorialized the late wife of one of their astronauts by proposing to name a crater on the moon after her on Monday, an emotional moment that was captured ...

A dead SpaceX rocket stage is hurtling toward the moon and astronomers want the world watching when it hits.

On Aug. 5, 2026, an abandoned piece of space junk is predicted to crash into the moon near a spot called Einstein Crater.

Ancient rocks from the Moon's far side have offered a new record of asteroid impacts. The findings challenge the idea of a ...

The Moon is constantly being bombarded by traveling space rocks, its surface recording each collision in the form of craters that never fade in the absence of wind or surface water. Most lunar craters ...

They rank among the darkest and coldest places in the solar system: Hundreds of lunar craters, many of them at the moon's south pole, never receive direct sunlight and lie in permanent shadow. That's ...

The Artemis II astronauts broke the record for the farthest distance from Earth ever traveled by humans on Monday, becoming the first to lay eyes on some parts of the far side of the moon. The ...