Using gravity assists instead of fuel, its path saw it travel more than 680,000 miles from Earth before venturing back on its trajectory to the moon, which is only about 250,000 miles from Earth.

Meanwhile, astronomers are keeping watch for a rare nova—a sudden explosion of a distant star—that could appear to the naked ...

China has achieved a milestone feat, making the first-ever laser ranging measurement from Earth to the moon during the daytime. Researchers at Yunnan Observatories under the Chinese Academy of ...

It is 90% illuminated. Moon phase Date First Quarter April 4 Full Moon April 12 Third/Last Quarter April 20 New Moon ...

Nikola Jokic fouled out on an illegal screen with 1:17 remaining in the third quarter of a 41-point game. Only then did Nuggets interim coach David Adelman cease to play his starters, pulling ...

Chang’e-5 was China’s first lunar sample return mission. The samples were the first Moon rocks brought to Earth in nearly fifty years, since the last Soviet Luna mission of 1976.

Just weeks ago, scientists warned that a "city killer" asteroid had a small chance of hitting Earth. While that prediction was thankfully revised, the planet may have to worry about another object ...

Revenue for the quarter totalled $351.0 million, up from $209.1 million a year earlier. MDA Space Ltd. reported its first-quarter profit and revenue rose compared with a year ago. The space ...

BRAMPTON — MDA Space Ltd. reported its first-quarter profit and revenue rose compared with a year ago. The space technology firm says it earned $32.9 million or 26 cents per diluted share in the ...