Many photos McCarthy has taken of the space station in the past show the ship as a silhouette in Earth's shadow. This time he ...
Data from NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) was used to create a water distribution map of the area near the moon's south pole. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center ...
The space station and one other Easter egg — the site of NASA's next human moon landing — are hidden in this lucky photo.
A canyon is a deep, narrow valley with steep sides. Here on Earth, canyons are typically formed by long-term erosion from ...
Two Grand Canyon-size features on the far side of the moon were likely formed in about 10 minutes after an unknown object ...
Scientists say Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck—dramatic trenches near the lunar south pole—were carved in a blast that ...
The incoming object created an impact basin and sent streams of rocks hurtling like missiles, NASA said. Within minutes, two ...
Scientists have long thought that the South Pole-Aitken basin was formed by a shallow-angle impact, but new research suggests ...
China plans to send a flying robot to the far side of the moon next year to search for the frozen water that could hold the ...
NASA's Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment-1 (PRIME-1) is preparing to explore the moon's subsurface and analyze where ...
The rocket-powered Gracie will conduct five hops during its short lunar stay, including one into the depths of a shadowy ...