New models reveal Pluto and Charon may have spent some of their early history locked together in an embrace after a grazing ...

Between NASA, other space agencies, and the commercial space sector, there are some truly ambitious plans for humanity’s ...

NASA's LEXI instrument is set to land on the moon's surface sometime this month. Using X-ray sensors, the device will watch ...

Pluto and its largest moon Charon could have come together via a 10-hour “kiss-and-capture” encounter after a grazing ...

Pluto's big moon Charon may have a different origin story than scientists suspected. New research suggests the two bodies ...

These changes in appearance are the phases of the moon. As the moon orbits Earth, it cycles through eight distinct phases. The four primary phases of the moon (new moon, first quarter, full moon ...

A NASA X-ray imager is heading to the moon as part of NASA's Artemis campaign, where it will capture the first global images ...

December is coming to an end with a "black moon" on Monday night, Dec. 30, but those hoping to see the phenomenon will be out of luck. That's because a black moon is the term for the second new ...

Skygazers are in for a special celestial treat with this year’s full wolf moon on Monday night if sky conditions in San ...

A new moon occurs when the moon is directly between Earth and the sun, with its shadowed side pointing towards us. You can see a new moon when it crosses the face of the sun during a solar eclipse.