The map is more than just a pretty picture; it is a critical tool that helps scientists decode the moon’s dynamic history. The details captured include everything from ancient, cratered regions ...

NASA is gearing up for a bold new era of lunar exploration with three advanced instruments set to investigate the Moon’s ...

It took over nine years for New Horizons to reach Pluto after blasting off atop an Atlas 5 rocket on Jan. 19, 2006. After ...

The population suggested by 2017 OF201’s discovery potentially hundreds of its kind could total 1% of Earth’s mass, comparable to the Moon’s mass and redefining the solar system’s tally.

NASA has selected three instruments to travel to the moon, with two planned for integration onto an LTV (Lunar Terrain ...

In the 1980s, the theory that dinosaurs were wiped out by a massive meteor that hit the Earth began to gain scientific ...

Around 4 billion years ago, an asteroid hit the Jupiter moon Ganymede. Now, a Kobe University researcher has realized that the solar system's biggest moon's axis has shifted as a result of the ...

Predictions of the LSST Solar System Yield: Near-Earth Objects, Main Belt Asteroids, Jupiter Trojans, and Trans-Neptunian Objects. The Astronomical Journal (submitted to arXiv) , 2025 DOI: 10.3847 ...

If you’re on the East Coast, wake up early to try and catch the moon take a bite out of the sun on Saturday. 0 20 40 60 80 100 Sources: Five Millennium Canon of Solar Eclipses Database by Xavier ...

Inside was what at first glance appeared to be unremarkable pebbles and dust but was actually some of the oldest material in our solar system: moon rocks. “You’re never going to have an older rock in ...