Grab your telescope and hunt down these four lunar features to celebrate International Observe the Moon Night 2025 on Oct. 4.

Cassini launched Oct. 15, 1997 on a long-term mission to Saturn and its moons. After a trio of gravity assists, two from ...

As of Saturday, Oct. 4, the moon phase is Waxing Gibbous, and according to NASA's Daily Moon Observation, 91% of its surface ...

Scientists found new evidence to strengthen the case that Enceladus, small moon of Saturn about 310 miles wide, may have ...

In the 17th century, astronomers Christiaan Huygens and Giovanni Cassini trained their telescopes on Saturn and uncovered a ...

Enceladus has long been considered a prime candidate in the search for life beyond Earth because of its hidden ocean and ...

China's Chang'e 6 mission returned the first-ever far-side lunar samples, revealing new insights into the moon's interior.

The moon is sometimes called "two-faced" because the surface of its side perpetually facing away from Earth looks so ...

Scientists analyzing moon rock from China’s Chang’e 6 mission find the far side of the moon may be colder deep down than the ...

Very soon, astronauts on the moon will be able to update their Instagram feed in real time. NASA has awarded a contract to ...

New research suggests that the interior of the Moon’s far side may be colder than the side constantly facing Earth, adding ...

The Amazon founder’s space company will transport NASA's VIPER rover to the lunar south pole—if it proves capable of ...