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South America and much of the continental United States had the best view of Sunday night's lunar eclipse, which lasted nearly five hours.

A rocket part set to slam into the far side of the moon Friday morning highlights the growing issue of space junk in orbit around Earth, experts say.

It's equal to about a 12-ounce bottle of water trapped in a cubic meter of soil spread across the lunar surface.

Those looking for a beacon of hope amidst the COVID-19 pandemic will find a large shining one skyward as Earth will experience the biggest and brightest…

Stargazers looking up at the night sky this weekend will be able to get a glimpse of what’s called a Hunter’s Moon and two other planets. The full moon…

NASA could miss a 2024 deadline set by the White House to land humans on the moon. Funding is at the heart of the delay.The Trump administration wants to…

These works make apparent how singular an achievement America's moon landing was — and show that half a century later we're still grappling to understand its long-term meaning.

The moon will travel into Earth's shadow early next week.Overnight from Sunday into Monday, North Americans will have a prime view of a total lunar…

Lunar lander Chang'e 4 successfully touched down on Thursday morning. China's Xinhua News published a photo it says was taken by the probe "on the never-visible side of the moon."

America's next moon landing will be made by private companies — not NASA.NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced Thursday that nine U.S. companies…

Real space travel will necessitate interplanetary gas stations on the moon, or on asteroids. A Colorado university has launched the first degree program in "space mining."

Private companies want to mine the moon for water and a team at the University of Central Florida is helping them figure out just how to do that....